averruncate

verb /ævəˈɹʌŋkeɪt/

1. To avert; to ward off.

   rare, transitive

2. To root up.

   rare, transitive

   Unless by providential wit, / Or force, we averruncate it.

Where it comes from

From Latin āverruncāre (“to avert”), from āb (“off”) + verruncāre (“to turn”), but interpreted as being āb + ēruncāre (“to weed out”), and spelled accordingly.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry averruncate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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