Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Attention; perception.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A turning towards; attention.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete An adverting or turning towards; attention.

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Examples

  • Also if this is a time loop then I would say this would be the first iteration of time where flight 815 landed on the island (hence 815 was found in ocean no survivors) and who knows how many loops the island has been through but Jacob my have been presentsince the beginning and it explains his adversion to technology

    The Tail Section » My ‘Lost’ Duplicates Theory Lives! 2007

  • If your "I" must die for others, then, my "I" must demand that your "I" submit to my "I"s adversion to your type of supernaturalism.

    Christian Nation Irony James F. McGrath 2009

  • It almost approaches the adversion to saying 'no' that I found in India.

    tal vez 2006

  • It almost approaches the adversion to saying 'no' that I found in India.

    tal vez 2006

  • Apple Country is full of those who seek material comfort and success, and I have an adversion to it.

    Archive 2008-10-19 papabear 2008

  • It almost approaches the adversion to saying 'no' that I found in India.

    tal vez 2006

  • It almost approaches the adversion to saying 'no' that I found in India.

    tal vez 2006

  • It almost approaches the adversion to saying 'no' that I found in India.

    tal vez 2006

  • It almost approaches the adversion to saying 'no' that I found in India.

    tal vez 2006

  • It almost approaches the adversion to saying 'no' that I found in India.

    tal vez 2006

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