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AVERRUNCATED
Verb
averruncated
simple past tense and past participle of averruncate
Source: Wiktionary
AVERRUNCATE
Av`er*run"cate, v. t. Etym: [L. averruncare to avert; a, ab, off + verruncare to turn; formerly derived from ab and eruncare to root out. Cf. Aberuncate.]
1. To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] Hudibras.
2. To root up. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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