Citations:averse


 * 1) adjective
 * 2) *1825, Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 18:
 * Arrived at that period of life when many men become averse to new undertakings, Bewick is busy with a projected History of Fishes.
 * 1) *1890, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four: Chapter 4
 * The pearls were evidently of great value, and he was averse to part with them, [...]
 * 1) verb