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averruncate

UK/ævəˈɹʌŋkeɪt/

averruncate verb: to avert; to ward off.

Verb

averruncate (third-person singular simple present averruncates, present participle averruncating, simple past and past participle averruncated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To avert; to ward off.
  2. (rare, transitive) To root up.
    • Unless by providential wit, / Or force, we averruncate it.1859, Samuel Butler, “Canto 1, Line 758”, in Henry George Bohn, editor, Hudibras, page 31

Forms of averruncate

third-person singular presentaverruncates
present participleaverruncating
past participleaverruncated
pastaverruncated

Origin of averruncate

From Latin āverruncāre (“to avert”), from āb (“off”) + verruncāre (“to turn”), but interpreted as being āb + ēruncāre (“to weed out”), and spelled accordingly.

Words formed from averruncate

Questions about averruncate

What does averruncate mean?
Averruncate means to avert; to ward off.
What part of speech is averruncate?
Averruncate is a verb.
How do you pronounce averruncate?
Averruncate is pronounced /ævəˈɹʌŋkeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of averruncate?
The past tense of averruncate is averruncated.

Words near averruncate in the dictionary

  1. Averroism
  2. Averroisms
  3. Averroist
  4. Averroistic
  5. Averroists
  6. averruncate
  7. averruncated
  8. averruncates
  9. averruncating
  10. averruncation
  11. averruncations

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