OriginBorrowed from Middle French eviter, from Latin ēvītō (“to avoid”).
- Early, Modern, Scotland, archaic, transitiveTo 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 nec”
“She stated she must see me, and, if I refused her satisfaction there, she would compel it where I should not evite her.”
Formsevites(present, singular, third-person) · eviting(participle, present) · evited(participle, past) · evited(past)