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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[…]
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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[…]
averted
ə'və:tid4 senses · 1517 ms
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simple past and past participle of avertform-ofparticiplepast