ward off
WARD OFF
amovere (to avert PROP. and figuratively; e.g. bellum calamitatem): avertere (to turn away): prohibere (to keep at a distance): defendere (to repel) aliquid ab aliquo or aliquem ab aliqua re (Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. 1 31; Zumpt § 469): arcere aliquem re or ab aliqua re (to check hinder from proceeding further): propulsare aliquid ab aliquo aliquem aliqua re or ab aliqua re (to drive off with all one’s might). To ward off war from the borders defendere bellum (Vid: Herzog loco citato): the toga wards off the cold toga defendit frigus: to ward off the heat of the sun nimios defendere solis ardores. To ward off a blow ictum or petitionem cavere et propulsare cavere vitare.
amovere (to avert PROP. and figuratively; e.g. bellum calamitatem): avertere (to turn away): prohibere (to keep at a distance): defendere (to repel) aliquid ab aliquo or aliquem ab aliqua re (Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. 1 31; Zumpt § 469): arcere aliquem re or ab aliqua re (to check hinder from proceeding further): propulsare aliquid ab aliquo aliquem aliqua re or ab aliqua re (to drive off with all one’s might). To ward off war from the borders defendere bellum (Vid: Herzog loco citato): the toga wards off the cold toga defendit frigus: to ward off the heat of the sun nimios defendere solis ardores. To ward off a blow ictum or petitionem cavere et propulsare cavere vitare.