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anteverting

anteverting is the present participle and gerund of antevert.

Meaning of antevert

Verb

antevert (third-person singular simple present anteverts, present participle anteverting, simple past and past participle anteverted)

  1. (obsolete) To prevent, to avert.
    • antevert some great danger to the public1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
  2. To displace by anteversion, or make anteverted

Questions about anteverting

What is anteverting the present participle and gerund of?
Anteverting is the present participle and gerund of antevert.

Words near anteverting in the dictionary

  1. anteverbal
  2. anteversion
  3. anteversions
  4. antevert
  5. anteverted
  6. anteverting
  7. anteverts
  8. antevocalic
  9. antevocalically
  10. antevolate
  11. antevolated

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