ETYMOLOGY
rom Latin aversationem, noun of action from aversat-
EXAMPLE
“…He can bear glory to their fleet, or shut up all their toils In his one suff’rance on thy lance.” With this deceit she led, And, both come near, thus Hector spake: “Thrice have I compassed This great town, Peleus’ son, in flight, with aversation That out of fate put off my steps; but now all flight is flown, The short course set up, death or life. Our resolutions yet Must shun all rudeness, and the Gods before our valour set For use of victory;…”
From: The Whole Works of Homer in his Iliads and Odysses
Translated by George Chapman, 1616
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