Averse
Averse ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin aversus, past participle of avertere. See Avert.]
1.
Turned away or backward. [Obsolete]
The tracks averse a lying notice gave,
And led the searcher backward from the cave.
2.
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
Averse alike to flatter, or offend.
Men who were averse to the life of camps.
Pass by securely as men averse from war.
The prevailing usage now is to employ to after averse and its derivatives rather than from, as was formerly the usage. In this the word is in agreement with its kindred terms, hatred, dislike, dissimilar, contrary, repugnant, etc., expressing a relation or an affection of the mind to an object.
Averse , verb, transitive and intransitive
To turn away. [Obsolete] — B. Jonson