papare
1. (verb) (parea) to turn aside, divert, ward off, parry, cause to face or point in a different direction, go to one side, avoid, evade.
Kāore ia i rite ki te nuinga atu o ana hoa tōrangapū nā te mea kore rawa ia i akona ki te kōrero parau, ki te kōhetehete, papare kē rānei i te take (TTR 2000:47). / He was unlike many of his political colleagues, because he never learned to lie, to quibble, or to evade an issue.
2. (noun) protection, fortification.
Synonyms: kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru
