Sekirov Dictionary

averse

/əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/

adjective 4
verb 1
forms 5

adjective4

•
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
- The board is not averse to further talks.
•
Turned away or backward.
- The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave. — 1697
Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.
(no longer used) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).

verb1

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(no longer used, rare) To turn away.
- The inconveniences aversing from clandestine marriages are pointedly depicted in the last two lines, teaching lessons of morality to all romantic babies. — 1859

forms

aversed · aversing · averses · more averse · most averse

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