āversor ātus, ārī, dep. intens. averto, to turn from, turn away, shrink from: aversari advocati et iam vix ferre posse: haerere homo, aversari.

—To repulse, scorn, decline, shun, avoid: filium, L.: aspectum alcius, Ta.: scelus, Cu.: preces, L.: honorem, O.