to ward off; to uproot
• (v. t.) To avert; to ward off. • (v. t.) To root up.
Av`er·run'cate transitive verb [ Latin averruncare to avert; a , ab , off + verruncare to turn; formerly derived from ab and eruncare to root out. Confer Aberuncate .] 1. To avert; to ward off. [ Obsolete] Hudibras. 2. To ro...