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单词 avoid
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avoidn.

Etymology: < avoid v.
Obsolete.
1. The withdrawal of dishes (after meals).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [noun]
voidingc1435
avoid1493
remove1625
avoidance1661
in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 113 All that is dispended for..the greete avoides at feestes.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. i. ii. v. 124 They do not their mantels from them untill supper be ended, and the avoid doone.
2. Excretion, evacuation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [noun]
gorec725
mixeOE
quedeeOE
turdeOE
dungOE
worthinga1225
dirta1300
drega1300
naturea1325
fen1340
ordurec1390
fimea1475
merd1486
stercory1496
avoidc1503
siegec1530
fex1540
excrement1541
hinder-fallings1561
gong1562
foil1565
voiding1577
pilgrim-salvec1580
egestion1583
shita1585
sir-reverence1592
purgament1597
filinga1622
faecesa1625
exclusion1646
faecality1653
tantadlin1654
surreverence1655
draught1659
excrementitiousness1660
jakes1701
old golda1704
dejection1728
dejecture1731
shitea1733
feculence1733
doll1825
crap1846
excreta1857
excretes1883
hockey1886
dejecta1887
job1899
number two1902
mess1903
ming1923
do1930
tomtit1930
pony1931
No. 21937
dog shit1944
Shinola1944
big job1945
biggie1953
doo-doo1954
doings1957
gick1959
pooh1960
pooh-pooh1962
dooky1965
poopy1970
whoopsie1973
pucky1980
jobbie1981
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lviv/2 Nott to Ete nor dryncke out of noo vessel but in the same that he made hys avoid In.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

avoidadj.

Etymology: < avoid v.; on apparent analogy of void verb and adjective or ? contraction of avoided; compare devoid.
Obsolete.
Empty, void; free or rid (of). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > [adjective] > free (of time)
unoccupied?a1439
avoid1488
void1530
vacant1531
remiss1566
spared1580
nugifrivolous1589
sparea1610
leisure1669
society > authority > office > [adjective] > vacant (of an office)
vacantc1290
voida1387
vacand1405
avoid1488
vaking1572
1488 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 66 The clarkship therof standeth avoyd.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Aiij The ploweman resteth, auoyde of all busynesse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

avoidv.

Brit. /əˈvɔɪd/, U.S. /əˈvɔɪd/
Forms: Middle English–1600s auoide, avoide, avoyde, Middle English awoyde, Middle English–1500s aduoyde, advoyde, 1500s advoid, awode, 1500s–1600s auoyd, auoid, 1500s– avoid.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman avoider = Old French esvuidier , évuider (see a- prefix1), to empty out, clear out, quit, get quit of, banish, < es out + vuidier , < vuit , vuide , empty: see void adj. and n.1 Compare the sense development of evacuate v. For the spelling adv- see ad- prefix.
In several senses formerly occasionally strengthened by out, away; cf. to clear out, away.
I. To empty a thing (of what is in it); to make, become, or be empty.
1. transitive. To make (a vessel, place, person) void or empty; to empty, clear, free, rid (of). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty
emptyOE
emptOE
avoida1382
to shake out1382
devoida1400
evacuec1400
void1506
toom?a1513
unburden1538
disgarboil1567
inanitea1598
unbowel1597
unfill1607
to turn out?1609
unteemc1635
evacuatea1652
vacuate1651
unempt1798
disglut1800
eviscerate1834
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xiii. 6 He shal lyue with thee, and auoide thee out [L. evacuabit te; 1611 make thee bare].
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 16 Hertis avoydyng of alle ther hevyness.
c1500 Young Children's Bk. (Ashm. 61) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 23 Sone A-voyd þou thi trenchere.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vii. sig. Qijv Commaunded the chambre to be avoyded.
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §94. 56 To avoid the court of al manner of such people.
2. To make void or of no effect; to refute, disprove. In Law, to defeat (a pleading); to invalidate, ‘quash’ (a sentence, agreement, document, etc.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] > make void or invalid
wanea889
voida1340
avoidc1375
abolishc1475
disnull1509
disannula1513
annihilate1525
evacuate1526
aniente1528
extinct1530
disable1548
extinguish1548
solute1550
destitutea1563
exinanitea1575
cashier1596
devoid1601
shorta1616
supersede1618
vitiate1627
invalidate1649
out1653
vacate1662
exinanitiate1698
atheticize1701
squasha1777
invalid1827
negate1837
negative1837
unsanction1854
cancel-
society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
abatea1325
squatcha1325
voida1325
allayc1325
annul1395
reverse1395
revokec1400
rupt?a1425
repealc1425
abroge1427
defeat1429
purloin1461
cassa1464
toll1467
resume1472
reprove1479
suspend1488
discharge1495
reduce1498
cassate1512
defease1512
denulla1513
disannula1513
fordoa1513
avoid1514–5
abrogate?1520
frustrate1528
revert1528
disaffirm?1530
extinct1530
resolve1537
null1538
nihilate1545
extinguish1548
elidec1554
revocate1564
annullate1570
squat1577
skaila1583
irritate1605
retex1606
nullify1607
unable1611
refix1621
vitiate1627
invalid1643
vacate1643
unlaw1644
outlaw1647
invalidate1649
disenact1651
vacuate1654
supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. (1871) II. 167 How wickide men sclaundriden [Crist] and he avoydide þer blame.
1514–5 Act 6 Hen. VIII iv All outlawries had contrary to this Acte be advoyded.
1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) ii. sig. I iij b This answere is a senseles cauil, which is easily auoyded.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 43 a The Statute intended not to auoid the feoffment.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 308 How a deed may be avoided, or rendered of no effect.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law viii. 59 If the advowson is purchased with a corrupt view, that may avoid the purchase.
3. intransitive (for reflexive). Of benefices: To become void, to fall vacant. Obsolete, but cf. avoidance n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > benefice > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become vacant
voida1380
fall1433
vakec1485
avoid1521
1521 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1882) I. 183 To have their turne when it fortun to advoide agayn.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 112 If a Person takes a Bishoprick, it does not avoid by Force of that Law of Pluralities, but by the antient Common Law.
II. To empty things out of a place, etc., to remove, to quit.
4.
a. To empty out, clear out, put away, remove (the contents of anything). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty (contents)
avoida1398
teemc1440
voida1475
empty1532
toom1535
empt1555
unload1603
to turn out?1609
dismaw1620
unvessel1633
to pack out1969
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. xliv. 393 Þe mater schal be avoyded and ipurgid wiþ couenable medicine.
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 136 Little furrowes..to auoyd the moisture and raine.
1641 W. Prynne Antipathie i. i. 28 His Images and Pictures..should be pluckt down and avoided out of all Churches.
b. To eject by excretion; to void. (Said loosely also of snakes sloughing their skin.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excrete [verb (transitive)]
yetOE
to put outa1350
void1398
expelc1405
avoid1562
ejaculate1578
excern1578
regurgitate1578
egest1607
evacuate1607
vent1607
expurgate1621
excrete1669
pass1698
to put off1740
re-ejaculate1826
the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [verb (transitive)] > shed skin
avoid1692
slough1845
1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 112v, in Apol. Priuate Masse The sanctified bread..passeth into the bealy, and is auoyded oute of the body.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 97 It causeth vrine to be auoided in great measure.
1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. B4v Forced to auoyde much winde out of your stomacke.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 120 They avoid them [sc. pebbles] by siege.
1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 30 So they avoid their Skins unbroken.
c. To get rid of, clear away, do away with, put an end to (things immaterial). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. iii. 7 The whiche glorie is auoydid [L. evacuatur].
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) i. 90 Ffor to a-voide a-wey all interrupcion.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 14v The same doth avoyde horsenesse.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Acts xv. 17 There was then no Judge of such controversies..to avoid and end them.
5.
a. To get rid of, expel, banish, dismiss, send or drive away (a person from, out of a place). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss
congeec1330
turnc1330
putc1350
dismitc1384
refusea1387
repel?a1439
avyec1440
avoida1464
depart1484
license1484
to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513
demit1529
dispatcha1533
senda1533
to send a grazing1533
demise1541
dimiss1543
abandon1548
dimit1548
discharge1548
dismiss1548
to turn off1564
aband1574
quit1575
hencea1586
cashier1592
to turn away1602
disband1604
amand1611
absquatulize1829
chassé1847
to send to the pack1912
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 138 Þat þis Petir [Gaveston] schuld be avoyded.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxviii. f. clx He auoyded ye Munkys out of the house of Aumbrisbury.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ii. sig. C.ijv Auoyde al mannes kyn away from her.
?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Ciii He myght not clerely auoyed them the lande.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 19 They would avoyd all aliens and strangers out of it [the City].
b. reflexive in sense of 6. archaic or Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)]
fersec1000
teec1275
voida1387
withdraw1390
takea1393
avoida1400
devoida1400
shifta1400
avyec1440
trussa1450
deferc1480
remove1530
convey1535
subtractc1540
subduce1542
retire?1548
substract1549
room1566
to take off1620
to make oneself scarce1809
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (reflexive)]
teec1275
remuea1375
avoida1400
avyec1440
trussa1450
remove1530
shank1816
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3622 Avoyde scho hir, and vmbethoght.
a1400 Cov. Myst. 131 Avoyd ȝow hens out of this place.
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxxiii. 366 Avoid thee, Fiend!
6.
a. intransitive. To move or go away, withdraw, depart, quit; to give place, retire, retreat. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
atwendOE
awayOE
to wend awayOE
awendOE
gangOE
rimeOE
flitc1175
to fare forthc1200
depart?c1225
part?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
biwitec1300
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
waive1390
to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
slakec1400
wagc1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
muck1429
packc1450
recede1450
roomc1450
to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
devoidc1485
rebatea1500
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
retire?1543
avaunt1549
to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
a1400 Cov. Myst. 131 Avoyd, seres, and lete my lorde the buschop come.
c1547 Vox Populi vii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 408 Or els, for non payeng the rent, Avoyde at our Lady daye in Lent.
1589 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 19 Thinking to auoid by the swiftnes of his horse.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 72 The Musicians spent so much time in vnseasonable tuning, that he commanded them to auoid.
1763 M. Prior Alma iii. 253 And both as they provisions want, Chicane, avoid, retire, and faint.
b. Const. from, out of, forth of. to avoid (from a horse): to dismount. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > dismount
lighteOE
alightOE
falla1300
avoid1485
demountc1540
elight1542
descend1548
avale1590
dismount1594
alighten1600
unlight1623
unhorse1633
unmount1655
to get off1688
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 22 Eche body auoyded oute of the chambre.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xvi. 23 Auoyde fro me, Sathan.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 251/1 in Chron. I Quickly auoyding from his horse.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xviii. 11 Dauid auoided out of his presence. View more context for this quotation
c. transferred of water, wind, etc. To escape, run out or away. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of something confined
to run outeOE
aventc1375
escapec1450
avoid1483
evacue?1541
vent1541
event1609
disemboguea1625
evacuate1643
extravasate1677
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > out or escape
outruneOE
to run outeOE
avoid1483
extravasate1677
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 305/3 The see Ocean..auoydeth twyes and gyueth way to the peple.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxxv. f. 48v Make a great dyche..that the water may auoyde.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. cxxi. 424 If you put a hollow quill therein..the winde will auoyd the better.
7. transitive. To depart from, leave, quit (a place); to dismount from (a horse). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)]
leaveeOE
beleavea1250
devoidc1325
voidc1330
roomc1400
wagc1400
departa1425
refusea1425
avoid1447
ishc1450
remove1459
absent1488
part1496
refrain1534
to turn the backc1540
quita1568
apart1574
shrink1594
to fall from ——1600
to draw away1616
to go off ——a1630
shifta1642
untenant1795
evacuate1809
exit1830
stash1888
split1956
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart from or leave [verb (transitive)]
leaveeOE
beleavea1250
devoidc1325
voidc1330
to pass out ofa1398
roomc1400
departa1425
avoid1447
ishc1450
part1496
quita1568
shrink1594
shifta1642
to turn out of ——1656
refraina1723
blow1902
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > dismount from
void1470
avoid1557
unstride1635
dismount1638
to get off ——1652
unmount1892
1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 91 They wolle avoyde theire dwellyng places.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 72 Ye commaunded them to auoyde your court.
1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) vii. xxxiv The Kynge auoyded his hors.
1660 Trial Reg. 160 Desired that strangers might avoid the room.
III. To keep away from, keep from, keep off.
8. (the usual current sense—a natural extension of 7): To leave alone, keep clear of or away from, shun; to have nothing to do with, refrain from:
a. a person or place.The first quotation may belong to 5, hardly to 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > render unsociable [verb (transitive)] > avoid
voidc1374
eschew1377
avoidc1384
shirk1787
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun
eschew1377
refrain1534
shift1595
skulka1653
avoid1697
c1384 J. Wyclif De Eccles. in Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 353 Men shulden avoide þis frere.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 441/1 Never have to do with hym, if thou mayst avoyde hym.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 139 And Sheep, in Shades, avoid the parching Plain. View more context for this quotation
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 153 Avoiding the Towns, they left..Newington on the right Hand.
1857 H. G. Bohn Handbk. Prov. 323 Avoid a slanderer as you would a scorpion.
1885 N.E.D. at Avoid Mod. Avoiding Scylla, he fell into Charybdis.
b. a thing, course of action, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun
overboweOE
bibughOE
fleea1000
forbowa1000
ashun1000
befleec1000
beflyc1175
bischunc1200
withbuwe?c1225
waive1303
eschew1340
refuse1357
astartc1374
sparec1380
shuna1382
void1390
declinea1400
forbeara1400
shurna1400
avoidc1450
umbeschewc1485
shewe1502
evite1503
devoid1509
shrink1513
schew?a1534
devite1549
fly1552
abstract1560
evitate1588
estrange1613
cut1791
shy1802
skulk1835
side-slip1930
to walk away from1936
punt1969
c1450 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 28 Mowth and tongge avoydyng alle outrage.
1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 15 Still thou mayst live avoiding Pen and Ink.
1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 170 I ventur'd to avoid Signing a Contract.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. i. 35 Take care to avoid every appearance of partiality.
9. To escape, evade (things coming towards one); to keep out of the way of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a blow, missile, or pursuit
waive1303
voida1500
devoid1509
avoid1530
shuna1586
shift1595
dodge1713
jinka1774
jouk1812
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 441/1 That was wel avoyded, cela estoyt bien eschappé.
?1531 R. Barnes Supplic. Kinge Henrye VIII f. vj Can yov deuyse for to avoyde hys vengeaunce?
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. v. 66 To auoyde the carping censures of the world. View more context for this quotation
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 92 Wormes creep out of the earth to avoide them [moles].
1714 Spectator No. 578. ⁋11 The King had perished..had he not avoided his Pursuers.
1808 W. Scott Marmion v. xviii. 270 They deemed it hopeless to avoid The convoy of their dangerous guide.
10. To prevent, to obviate, to keep off. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > obviate
void1509
savea1522
obviate1567
avoid1608
1608 H. Plat Floraes Paradise Beautified 42 Northerly winds may be avoided by some defence.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 129 Which will avoid..multiplicity of terms for the future.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. v. 84/1 That the Body..be decently interred, to avoid putrescence.
11. Obsolete or archaic const. of senses 8 10: with subordinate clause. To avoid that; with infinitive. To avoid to do.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid
avoid1577
to shy out of1792
to fight shy1821
to run a mile1835
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 412/1 in Chron. I To auoyde that none..that had offended the lawes should be receyued into any of theyr dominions.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xv. 361 He avoided App. Claudius to be his companion in government.
1853 F. W. Newman tr. Horace Odes 185 Horace..in praising the emperor and congratulating Marcellus, avoids to make either seem his main subject.
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