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Avertive

• Definition: A grammatical form that denotes an action or event narrowly avoided, figuratively or literally. The form liketa in a sentence such as 'It was so cold I liketa froze to death' functions as an avertive.

  Source: American English, second edition by Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes