averted, ppl. a.
(əˈvɜːtɪd)
[f. avert v. + -ed.]
1. Turned away, turned aside.
| 1704 Swift Batt. Bks. (1711) 263 The Belt of the averted Antient. 1807 Crabbe Village i. 289 Impatience mark'd in his averted eyes. |
2. Turned away in mind; unfavourable, unpropitious. arch.
| 1618 Bolton Florus (1636) 99 The gods of Carthage now averted, carried him a diverse way. 1877 L. Morris Epic Hades i. 16 Appease Zeus and the averted Gods. |