evitate
English
Etymology
Latin evitatus, past participle of evitare (“to shun”); e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”).
Verb
evitate (third-person singular simple present evitates, present participle evitating, simple past and past participle evitated)
- (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
Esperanto
Adverb
evitate
- present adverbial passive participle of eviti
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
evitate
- inflection of evitare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
evitate f pl
- feminine plural of evitato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
ēvītāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ēvītō
Spanish
Verb
evitate