What does evite mean?
Evite means (Early Modern, now rare, chiefly Scotland, transitive) To avoid..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(Early Modern, now rare, chiefly Scotland, transitive) To avoid..
The way which our adversaries take to evite this testimony, is most foolish and ridiculous: […]
... Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to ... Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.
She stated she must see me, and, if I refused her satisfaction there, she would compel it where I should not evite her.
"Ah, but there is a way to evite that arrestment," said he.
Goodey has criticised these experiments of Rostrup and is of the opinion that she did not quite evite experimental errors.
Use evite when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Evite means (Early Modern, now rare, chiefly Scotland, transitive) To avoid..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The way which our adversaries take to evite this testimony, is most foolish and ridiculous: […]
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