avoid
avoid definition
avoid (ə vo̵id′)
transitive verb
- to make void; annul, invalidate, or quash (a plea, etc. in law)
- to keep away from; evade; shun to avoid crowds
- to keep from happening to avoid breakage
- Obsolete to void; empty
- Obsolete to go away from; leave
Etymology: ME avoiden < Anglo-Fr avoider < OFr esvuidier, to empty < es- (< L ex-), out + vuidier: see void
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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