avert

(Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To turn aside or away.
  2. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To turn away.

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/əˈvɝt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).

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