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Webster 1913 Edition
Averruncate
Avˊer-run′cate
,Verb.
T.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Averruncate
AVERRUNC'ATE
, v.t [L. averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake away.]To root up; to scrape or tear away by the roots.