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AVID'ITY, n. [L. aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo, to desire, to have a...
AVID'IOUSLY, adv. [See Avidity .] Eagerly; with greediness.
A'VIARY, n. [L. aviarium, from avis, a fowl.] A bird cage; an inclosure for keep...
AVERT'ING, ppr. Turning from; turning away.
AVERT'ER, n. One that turns away; that which turns away.
AVERT', v.t. [L. averto, a, from, and verto, to turn, anciently, vorto; hence ve...
AVER'SION, n. [L. averto.] 1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; dislike; disincl...
AVERSENESS, n. avers'ness. Opposition of mind; dislike; unwillingness; backwardn...
AVERSELY, adv. avers'ly. With repugnance; unwillingly.
AVERSE, a. avers'. [See Avert .] The literal sense of this word is, turned from,...
AVERSA'TION, n. [L. aversor. See Avert .] A turning from with disgust or dislike...
AVERRUNCA'TION, n. The act of tearing up or raking away by the roots.
AVERRUNC'ATE, v.t [L. averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake ...
AVERROIST, n. One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who were so demoninated...
AVER'RING, ppr. Affirming; declaring positively; offering to justify or verify.
AVER'RED, pp. Affirmed; laid with an averment.