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comparative more averted, superlative most averted
Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling. quotations examples
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 […]
2021 June 22, Annelies Verheugt-Pleiter, Jolien Zevalkink, Mentalizing in Child Therapy: Guidelines for Clinical Practitioners, Routledge
(also heraldry) Turned or directed away (from something). quotations examples
[...] : 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 […]
1765, Daniel Fenning, Joseph Collyer, A New System of Geography, Or a General Description of the World, page 265
simple past and past participle of avert examples