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Av`er*run"cate (?), v. 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.
Hudibras.
2.
To root up.
Johnson.
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