evitate

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin evitatus, past participle of evitare (“to shun”); e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”).

Verb

1. (obsolete) To shun; to avoid.
   • a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 5:

     Since therein she doth evitate and shun / A thousand irreligious cursed hours

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:avoid

Anagrams

• aviette

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Esperanto

Adverb

evitate

1. present adverbial passive participle of eviti

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Italian

Verb

evitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of evitare
2. second-person plural imperative of evitare
3. feminine plural of evitato

Anagrams

• vietate

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ēvītāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvītō