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Webster 1913 Edition


Evitate

Ev′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
evitatus
, p. p. of
evitare
to shun;
e
out +
vitare
to shun.]
To shun; to avoid.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Evitate

EV'ITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. evito; e and vito, from the root of void, wide.]
To shun; to avoid; to escape. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


evitate

evitate

English

Verb

evitate (third-person singular simple present evitates, present participle evitating, simple past and past participle evitated)

  1. (obsolete) To shun; to avoid.
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Esperanto

Adverb

evitate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of eviti

Italian

Verb

evitate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of evitare
  2. second-person plural imperative of evitare
  3. feminine plural of evitato

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

ēvītāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvītō