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evitable, a.|ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l|
[ad. L. ēvītābilis avoidable, f. ēvītāre: see evite v. Cf. F. évitable.]
That admits of being avoided; avoidable. (Now chiefly in negative contexts.)
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xix. 218 By necessyte euytable or not. c1555Harpsfield Hen. VIII (1878) 110 Wherefore necessity only, though it be evitable, is sufficient to procure a dispensation. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. (1617) 198 Of two such euils, being not both euitable, the choice of the lesse is not euill. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. i. (1675) 100 How many evitable Mischiefs our own Appetites or Vices expose us to. 1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 31 So much evitable difficulty, so much fruitless expenditure is incurred by every new enterprize. 1836A. Walker Beauty in Woman 36 The scarcely evitable consequence of great fortune..will ever be the ruin of the rich. |