to make (a plea, contract, etc) void; invalidate; quash
5. obsolete
to expel
6. obsolete
to depart from
Derived forms
avoidable (aˈvoidable)
adjective
avoidably (aˈvoidably)
adverb
avoider (aˈvoider)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier, from vuidier to empty, void
evite in American English
(iˈvait)
transitive verbWord forms: evited, eviting
archaic
to avoid; shun
Word origin
[1495–1505; ‹ L ēvītāre, equiv. to ē-e- + vītāre to avoid]This word is first recorded in the period 1495–1505. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: outside, pillion, runt, traffic, veterane- is a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimesimparting a privative or negative force. Other words that use the affix e- include: edit, elaborate, eliminate, erect, erupt