evitate

English

Etymology

From 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)

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

Esperanto

Adverb

evitate

1. present adverbial passive participle of eviti

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

evitate

1. inflection of evitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

evitate f pl

1. feminine plural of evitato

Anagrams

• vietate

Latin

Verb

ēvītāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvītō

Spanish

Verb

evitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of evitar combined with te