Part 810

<h1>Average</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av"er*age</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an ~; <as>as, the losses of the owners will <ex>average</ex> twenty five dollars each; these spars <ex>average</ex> ten feet in length.</as></def>

<h1>Avercorn</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A"ver*corn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Aver</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>corn</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.</def>

<i>Kennet.</i>

<h1>Averment</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*ver"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>averement</ets>, LL. <ets>averamentum</ets>. See <er>Aver</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.</def>

<blockquote>Signally has this <b>averment</b> received illustration in the course of recent events. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Verification; establishment by evidence.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.</def>

<note>&hand; In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances new matter, he <i>avers</i> it to be true, by using this form of words: "and this he is ready to verify." This was formerly called an <i>averment</i>. It modern pleading, it is termed a <i>verification</i>.</note>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Avernal, Avernian</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw><hw>A*ver"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>A*ver"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.</def>

<h1>Averpenny</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av"er*pen`ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Aver</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>penny</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.</def>

<h1>Averroism</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*ver"ro*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The tenets of the Averroists.</def>

<h1>Averroist</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*ver"ro*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.</def>

<h1>Averruncate</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av`er*run"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>averruncare</ets> to avert; <ets>a</ets>, <ets>ab</ets>, off + <ets>verruncare</ets> to turn; formerly derived from <ets>ab</ets> and <ets>eruncare</ets> to root out. Cf. <er>Aberuncate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To avert; to ward off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To root up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Averruncation</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av`er*run*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>averroncation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of averting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>