English Explanatory Dictionary

evitate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shun; to avoid.

Word forms

evitate evitates evitating evitated

Etymology

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

Synonyms

avoid
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