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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avoid.

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avoid +‎ -eth

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Examples

  • He that would not be burnt avoideth to tread on hot embers — wise men spread not the flax before a flickering torch.

    The Talisman 2008

  • Thou art wise to go to the hotel, and froward is the man that avoideth it.

    When was it built? | Engrish.com 2004

  • That Brahmana who never omitteth to perform his ablutions, who always weareth his sacred thread, who always attendeth to the study of the Vedas, who always avoideth food that is unclean, who telleth the truth and performeth acts in honour of his preceptor, never falleth off from the region of Brahma.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • He avoideth profane oaths and jesting, as so much time lost from his employ.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

  • By this one winneth great fame in this world and avoideth misery and unhappiness.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • He means, that the just man doth good, and avoideth evil, not as compelled by the law, and merely for fear of the punishment appointed for transgressors; but voluntarily, and out of the love of God and virtue; and would do so, though there were no law.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

  • Solitary, flying from society, he avoideth the maiden, he avoideth joy; plunging into the loneliness of his soul, he there, with indescribable mourning, with tears of inspiration, on his knees before his Ideal, imploreth her to come down upon earth to his frail dwelling.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

  • He means, that the just man doth good, and avoideth evil, not as compelled by the law, and merely for fear of the punishment appointed for transgressors; but voluntarily, and out of the love of God and virtue; and would do so, though there were no law.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 61: 1 Timothy The Challoner Revision

  • He means, that the just man doth good, and avoideth evil, not as compelled by the law, and merely for fear of the punishment appointed for transgressors; but voluntarily, and out of the love of God and virtue; and would do so, though there were no law.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

  • The sorcery of the devil is nothing else than a mixing up with sense and worldliness and its images, but if one avoideth these, if one throweth away all material images and interests then the enemy findeth no space.

    The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910

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