antevert

Etymology

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

verb

  1. (obsolete) To prevent, to avert.
    antevert some great danger to the public 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
  2. (medicine, obsolete) To displace by anteversion.

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