evitate

verb

verb

Etymology From Latin evitatus, past participle of evitare (“to shun”); e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”).

Obsolete To shun; to avoid.

Since therein she doth evitate and shun / A thousand irreligious cursed hoursa. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 5, scene 5:

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