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evitate

evitate verb: to shun; to avoid.

Verb

evitate (third-person singular simple present evitates, present participle evitating, simple past and past participle evitated)

  1. (obsolete) To shun; to avoid.
    • Since therein she doth evitate and shun / A thousand irreligious cursed hoursa. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 5, scene 5
    Synonyms:
    avoid

Synonyms of evitate

Forms of evitate

third-person singular presentevitates
present participleevitating
past participleevitated
pastevitated

Origin of evitate

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

Questions about evitate

What does evitate mean?
Evitate means to shun; to avoid.
What part of speech is evitate?
Evitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of evitate?
The past tense of evitate is evitated.

Words near evitate in the dictionary

  1. Evisons
  2. Evita
  3. evitability
  4. evitable
  5. evitably
  6. evitate
  7. evitated
  8. evitates
  9. evitating
  10. evitation
  11. evitations

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