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averted

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adj/əˈvɝtɪd//əˈvɜːtɪd/
  1. 1

    Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.

    • It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]
  2. 2

    Turned or directed away (from something).also

    • [...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules[…]
verb/əˈvɝtɪd//əˈvɜːtɪd/
  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of avertform-ofparticiplepast

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