averruncate
Meanings
verb
- To avert; to ward off.
- To root up.
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Etymology
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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