Antevert

t. [Lat. ant ever to = to take one's turn before another; ante = before, and ver to = to turn.] To prevent. "To antevert some great danger to the publick, to ourselves, to our friend, we may and must disclose our knowledge of a close wickedne . '-Bp. Hall: Cases of Conscience, Add C. &. ăn'-tě-věrt-ing, pr . par . & s. [ANTEVERT.] As substantive Preventing, prevention. "It is high time to mourn for the anteverting of a threatened vengeance."- Bp . Hall : Rem ., p. 157. ăn-te-vir-gil-i-an, a [Gr. ἀντί (anti) = against; Eng. Virgilian pertaining to the poet Virgil.] Agric. Noting a method of husbandry or horse-hoeing introduced by Tull. ( Webster .) ant-ha-mor-rhag-ic, a . [Gr. ἀντί (anti) = against, and aἱμοῤῥαγικός ( haimorrhagikos ) = pertaining to hæmorrhage; αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagia) = hæmorrhage: αἷμα (haima) = blood, and ῥήγνυμι ( rhegnumi ) = to break or break through; 2 aor. έρραγην (errhagen).] Pharm.: Deemed of use against hæmorrhage, meaning a flux of blood.