Averruncate \Av`er*run"cate\, v. t. [L. averruncare to avert; a, ab, off + verruncare to turn; formerly derived from ab and eruncare to root out. Cf. {Aberuncate}.] 1. To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 2. To root up. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]