ā-vocō āvī, ātus, āre, to call off, call away: populum ab armis, L.: partem exercitūs ad bellum, L.: pubem in arcem obtinendam, L.
—Fig., to call off, withdraw, remove: a rebus occultis philosophiam: ad Antiochum animos, L.
— To call off, divert, turn: aliquem ab aliquā re voluptas avocat: Pompeium a Caesaris coniunctione: quos aetas a proeliis avocabat: avocari ab spe, L.