1obsolete: to ward off or avert (something, such as an evil)
2obsolete: to weed out : cut away (something, such as a weed) : uproot, remove
Other Words from averruncate
averruncationnoun, plural -s
History and Etymology for averruncate
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
