Definition of Avoided

1. Verb. (past of avoid) ¹

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Definition of Avoided

1. avoid [v] - See also: avoid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avoided

avoidable
avoidableness
avoidably
avoidance
avoidance-avoidance conflict
avoidance conditioning
avoidance learning
avoidance training
avoidances
avoidant
avoidant disorder of adolescence
avoidant disorder of childhood
avoidant personality
avoidantly
avoidaunce
avoided (current term)
avoided costs
avoider
avoiders
avoidest
avoideth
avoiding
avoidless
avoids
avoirdupois
avoirdupois ounce
avoirdupois ounces
avoirdupois pound
avoirdupois pounds
avoirdupois unit

Literary usage of Avoided

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Deeds how avoided.—"We are next to consider how a deed may be avoided, ... It may also be avoided by matter ex post facto (after the fact): as, 1. ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Parts to be avoided in the Operation.—In making the necessary incisions in ... for the extraction of a calculus the following parts should be avoided : The ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Heavy poorly drained soils should be avoided. It also thrives on sands. ... Uneven land broken up by gullies or wet areas is to be avoided, as well as hilly ..."

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