English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Avocative
(n.)
That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
Avocet
(n.)
Alt. of Avoset
Avoid
(v. i.)
To become void or vacant.
Avoid
(a.)
To empty.
Avoid
(a.)
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
Avoid
(a.)
To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
Avoid
(a.)
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
Avoid
(a.)
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet;
to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
Avoid
(a.)
To get rid of.
Avoid
(a.)
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication,
the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid
it by stating new matter.
Avoid
(v. i.)
To retire; to withdraw.
Avoidable
(a.)
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made
invalid; voidable.
Avoidable
(a.)
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Avoidance
(n.)
The act of annulling; annulment.
Avoidance
(n.)
The courts by which anything is carried off.
Avoidance
(n.)
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
Avoidance
(n.)
A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
Avoidance
(n.)
The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being
vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void
by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
Avoided
(imp. & p. p.)
of Avoid
Avoider
(n.)
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.