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(1):

(a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.

(2):

(a.) To empty.

(3):

(a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

(4):

(a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

(5):

(v. i.) To become void or vacant.

(6):

(a.) 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.

(7):

(a.) To get rid of.

(8):

(a.) 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.

(9):

(v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Avoid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/avoid.html. 1828.
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