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  1. averruncateverb

    To avert; to ward off.

  2. averruncateverb

    To root up.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Averruncateverb

    To root up; to tear up by the roots.

    Etymology: averrunco, Lat.

    Sure some mischief will come of it,
    Unless by providential wit,
    Or force, we averruncate it. Hudibras.

Wikipedia

  1. averruncate

    An averruncator is a form of long shears used in arboriculture for averruncating or pruning off the higher branches of trees, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Averruncateverb

    to avert; to ward off

  2. Averruncateverb

    to root up

  3. Etymology: [L. averruncare to avert; a, ab, off + verruncare to turn; formerly derived from ab and eruncare to root out. Cf. Aberuncate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Averruncate

    a-vėr-ungk′āt, v.t. (rare) to avert or ward off: to pull up by the roots.—ns. Averruncā′tion, act of averting: extirpation; Averrunc′ātor, an instrument for cutting off branches of trees. [L. averruncāre, to avert.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of averruncate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of averruncate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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