averruncate

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UK/ævəˈɹʌŋkeɪt/

verb

To avert; to ward off.

OriginLatin āverruncāre →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person averruncates · participle present averruncating · participle past averruncated · past averruncated

  1. raretransitiveTo avert; to ward off.
  2. raretransitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Latināverruncāre“to avert”
  2. Englishaverruncate

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

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Translations

Russian искореня́ть, вырыва́ть с ко́рнем
  • искореня́ть (iskorenjátʹ)to root up
  • вырыва́ть с ко́рнем (vyryvátʹ s kórnem)to root up
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APA

averruncate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averruncate

MLA

“averruncate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averruncate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “averruncate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averruncate.

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