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Webster 1913 Edition

Averruncation

Avˊer-run-ca′tion

,

Noun.

[Cf. OF.

averroncation

.]

1.

The act of averting.

[Obs.]

2.

Eradication.

[R.]

De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Averruncation

AVERRUNCA'TION

,

Noun.

The act of tearing up or raking away by the roots.