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Definition of Evite
1. v. t. To shun.
Definition of Evite
1. Verb. (dated) (transitive) To avoid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evite
1. to avoid [v EVITED, EVITING, EVITES] : EVITABLE [adj] - See also: avoid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evite
Literary usage of Evite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the Persecution in Scotland: From the Restoration to the Revolution by James Aikman (1842)
"And as to the magistrate's sinful qualification—having so openly declared and
protested against it—I conceive the censure of this to evite suffering is ..."
2. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"Himself aI^evite, and, though not a priest, belonging to that section of the ...
It exhibited, indeed, the ideal of the I/evite life as one of praise, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Constantly, continually, SB To evite, ». о. То avoid, Lat. ecu-ore. ... Lest we
cause weak ones lose their feet Evill'a appearance to evite, ..."
4. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... evite : " When they would evite and etche» the wonderful blasts of the wind,
they plunged into water with great shouts iml cries, lamentable to hear. ..."
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