Averruncate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Averruncate \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. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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     2. To root up. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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