"evitate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Latin evitatus, past participle of evitare (“to shun”); e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”).",
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      "form": "evitates",
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    {
      "form": "evitating",
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    {
      "form": "evitated",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 5, scene 5:",
          "text": "Since therein she doth evitate and shun / A thousand irreligious cursed hours",
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        "To shun; to avoid."
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          "avoid",
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        "(obsolete) To shun; to avoid."
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        {
          "word": "avoid"
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  "word": "evitate"
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    {
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Latin evitatus, past participle of evitare (“to shun”); e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "evitates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "evitating",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "evitated",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "evitated",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To shun; to avoid."
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        "(obsolete) To shun; to avoid."
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