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evitates

evitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of evitate.

Meaning of evitate

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

Questions about evitates

What is evitates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Evitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of evitate.

Words near evitates in the dictionary

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

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