also VAIRTIE, VERTY
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY aphetic from averty (adj. well-advised, prudent, cautious; from Old French averti prudent, pa. pple. of avertir:—Latin advertĕre to turn attention to, advert) EXAMPLE From: Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, Vol. IV. 1841
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