antevert

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/æntɪˈvɜː(ɹ)t/

verb

To prevent, to avert.

OriginLatin antevertere →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person anteverts · participle present anteverting · participle past anteverted · past anteverted

  1. obsoleteTo prevent, to avert.

    antevert some great danger to the public

    1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
  2. medicineTo displace by anteversion, or make anteverted

Origin

  1. Latinantevertere
  2. Englishantevert

From Latin antevertere, from ante + vertere (“to turn”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Vernetta
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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antevert,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antevert.

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