"evite" meaning in English

See evite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: evites [present, singular, third-person], eviting [participle, present], evited [participle, past], evited [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French eviter, from Latin ēvītō (“to avoid”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|eviter}} Middle French eviter, {{der|en|la|ēvītō||to avoid}} Latin ēvītō (“to avoid”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} evite (third-person singular simple present evites, present participle eviting, simple past and past participle evited)
  1. (now rare, chiefly Scotland, transitive) To avoid. Tags: Scotland, archaic, transitive Derived forms: evitable
    Sense id: en-evite-en-verb-hyoGv7x- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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