eschew

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The aunt, with much serpentine wisdom, arranges that she and her niece shall adapt themselves to this very different atmosphere--eschew cards, attend regularly at chapel, and comply with the tone and habits of the family.

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  1. transitive verb To avoid; shun. See Synonyms at escape.

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  • [NOTE: Full disclosure: I have to admit, I love the word eschew and use it all the time in conversation, but I eschew 'eschew' when writing formally.]
  • (Actually, they eschew the tagline, but it's there in spirit.) —  FSF,December2005
  • How I got to smell like peanut butter and other tales from hermitude bakiwop: what's with all the roseville hatin '? and falcon heights, like, totally rocks! omg. the tthm: Roseville is sadly where christians go to eschew or die. —  I Will Dare
  • * You can reach me at jodi@iwilldare. com. bakiwop: what's with all the roseville hatin '? and falcon heights, like, totally rocks! omg. the tthm: Roseville is sadly where christians go to eschew or die. —  I Will Dare
  • Even RNC Chair candidate Michael Steele, who has consistently condemned Chip Saltsman's tone-deaf racist "jokes" as damaging to the party, still buys into the idea that there's an audience of Democratic and independent -- and African-American and Latino -- voters who would gravitate to the GOP if they understood how thoroughly the party has resolved to eschew —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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eschew:   eschewing ·  eschewed ·  eschews
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English escheuen, from Old French eschivir, of Germanic origin; akin to shy1.

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  1. Middle English eschew, eschiewe, from Old French eschiu, eskiu, shy, unwilling, = Provencal esquiu = Spanish Portuguese esquivo = Italian schifato, reserved, discreet, circumspect, etc., from Old High German *scioh, Middle High German schiech (German scheu) = English shy: see shy, a. Hence eschew, v.
  2. from Middle English eschewen, eschuen, eschuwen, from Old French eschuer, eschiwer, eschiver, eschever, eschiuver, eskiver, etc., = Provencal eschivar, esquivar = Spanish Portuguese esquivar = Italian schifare, avoid, shun, eschew, from Old High German sciuhen, Middle High German schiuhen, German scheuchen, frighten, scheuen, avoid, shun, fear, from Old High German *scioh, Middle High German schiech (German scheu), shy: see eschew, adjective, and shy, a.
 

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