† evitatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To avoid, shun; = evite v.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun
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bibughOE
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skulk1835
side-slip1930
to walk away from1936
punt1969
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 409 Many other thinges..left out for to euitate tediousness.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. viii. 552 Whereas honest men profit the Common-wealth in causing themselues to be imitated, I shall happily benefit the same, in making my selfe to be evitated.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 220 She doth euitate and shun A thousand irreligious cursed houres. View more context for this quotation
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
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