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avertest

avertest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of avert.

Meaning of avert

Verb

avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)

  1. (transitive) To turn aside or away.
    • I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
  2. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
    • How can the danger be averted?
    Synonyms:
    forestall
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To turn away.
    • Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC

Origin of avertest

avert + -est

Questions about avertest

What is avertest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Avertest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of avert.

Words near avertest in the dictionary

  1. avertable
  2. averted
  3. avertedly
  4. averter
  5. averters
  6. avertest
  7. averteth
  8. avertible
  9. avertiment
  10. avertiments
  11. avertin

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