s come into the house, Jesus _prevented_ him."

#vers, vert# = turn.

1. _ad_ verse, to (against)
2. ad vers _ity_, state of
3. _ad_ vert, to
4. ad vert _ise_, act of
5. _a_ vers ion, away
6. _a_ vert, away
7. _di_ verse, apart
8. _di_ version, aside
9. _di_ vorce, apart
10. _in_ vert, into
11. _per_ verse, thoroughly
12. _re_ verse, back
13. _trans_ verse, across
14. _versat_ ile, capable of
15. vers _ion_, that which
16. vertex
17. vertigo
18. vortex

1. _Turned against_; antagonistic. _Adverse_ winds. "Error is
_adverse_ to human happiness."

2. _State of_ adverse fortune; a condition of calamity, distress, or
unhappiness. "Ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved
you out of all _adversities_."

3. To _turn_ the mind or attention _to_; as, "I will only _advert_ to
some leading points in the argument."--_Emerson._

4. To _advertise_ an article is to cause the public to _turn_
attention _to_ it.

5. A _turning away_ from. "Adhesion to vice and _aversion_ to
goodness."

6. To _turn away_ or aside. "Till ardent prayer _averts_ the public
woe."

7. _Diverse_ ways are different ways--they _turn apart_.

8. The act of _turning aside_ from a course; as the _diversion_ of the
mind from study.

9. A judgment or decree dissolving marriage, and thus _turning_
husband and wife _apart_ from each other.

10. To _turn into_ another position; as, upside down, inside out, end
for end, etc.

11. A _perverse_ inclination is one _thoroughly_ wrong or _turned_
from the right.

12. To _turn back_; as to _reverse_ an engine.

13. A _transverse_ beam is one _turned across_ others.

14. _Capable of_ moving or _turning_ around; as a _versatile_ spindle;
turning with ease from one thing to another; many sided; as, a
_versatile_ writer.

15. _That which_ is translated (or _turned_) from another language;
as, the King James _version_ of the Bible.

16. The highest point, peak, or summit. Literally the _turning_ point.

17. A _turning_ or whirling around; dizziness or giddiness.

"That old _vertigo_ in his head
Will never leave him till he's dead."

18. A _whirl_pool. (_Vortex_ is another form of _vertex_.)

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#ic# = pertaining to.

1. _aqua_ tic, water
2. _arc_ tic, bear
3. _barbar_ ic, foreign; uncivilized
4. _chron_ ic, time
5. _civ_ ic, citizen
6. _dom_ estic, house
7. _epi dem_ ic, upon + people
8. _erra_ tic, wander
9. _Home