Definition of Avoid

A`void´
v. t.1.To empty.
[imp. & p. p. Avoided; p. pr. & vb. n. Avoiding.]
2.To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
3.To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
4.To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
5.To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
6.To get rid of.
7.(Pleading) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
v. i.1.To retire; to withdraw.
David avoided out of his presence.
- 1 Sam. xviii. 11.
2.(Law) To become void or vacant.


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