averruncate

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

1

obsolete : to ward off or avert (something, such as an evil)

2

obsolete : to weed out : cut away (something, such as a weed) : uproot, remove

averruncation noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

English averruncate (partly influenced in meaning by Latin eruncare to weed out), from Latin averruncatus, past participle of averruncare to avert, from a, ab from, away + verruncare to turn; perhaps akin to Latin verrere to sweep

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