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umbeschew

umbeschew verb: to avoid; shun.

Verb

umbeschew (third-person singular simple present umbeschews, present participle umbeschewing, simple past and past participle umbeschewed)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To avoid; shun.
  2. (Scotland, dialectal, intransitive) To get away; escape.

Forms of umbeschew

third-person singular presentumbeschews
present participleumbeschewing
past participleumbeschewed
pastumbeschewed
alternative formumbechew
alternative formumschew
alternative formumchew

Origin of umbeschew

From umbe- + eschew.

Questions about umbeschew

What does umbeschew mean?
Umbeschew means to avoid; shun.
What part of speech is umbeschew?
Umbeschew is a verb.
What is the past tense of umbeschew?
The past tense of umbeschew is umbeschewed.

Words near umbeschew in the dictionary

  1. Umberleigh
  2. umbers
  3. umbershoot
  4. umbershoots
  5. umbery
  6. umbeschew
  7. umbeschewed
  8. umbeschewing
  9. umbeschews
  10. umbeset
  11. umbesets

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