AVERSE

a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Turned away or backward. [Obs.] The tracks averse a lying notice gave, And led the searcher backward from the cave. Dryden.

2.
a.

Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. Averse alike to flatter, or offend. Pope. Men who were averse to the life of camps. Macaulay. Pass by securely as men averse from war. Micah ii. 8.

3.
v.

To turn away. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

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