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avoid (ə vo̵id′)

transitive verb

  1. to make void; annul, invalidate, or quash (a plea, etc. in law)
  2. to keep away from; evade; shun to avoid crowds
  3. to keep from happening to avoid breakage
  4. Obsolete to void; empty
  5. Obsolete to go away from; leave

Etymology: ME avoiden < Anglo-Fr avoider < OFr esvuidier, to empty < es- (< L ex-), out + vuidier: see void

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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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