v. [ad. L. antevert-ĕre to anticipate, prevent, f. ante before + vertĕre to turn.]
† 1. To avert beforehand, prevent, anticipate. Obs.
1649. Bp. Hall, Cases of Consc., iii. (1654), 421. To antevert some great danger.
1677. Hale, Cont., II. 106. If Passion run before it [judgment] … and so antivert the use of Deliberation.
2. To turn forward, displace. (See ANTEVERTED.)
1870. W. Playfair, in Lancet, 2 July, 13/2. The uterus was anteverted, and the cervix exposed with difficulty.
