evitate

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evitate

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

verb evitates · evitating · evitated

obsolete To shun; to avoid. Since therein she doth evitate and shun / A thousand irreligious cursed hours
Similar: avoid

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@misc{evitate_2026,
  title = {evitate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evitate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}