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Word entry · 6 letters

eschew

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"Deliberately avoid"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/Part of speech verbSorted ceehswStarts with EEnds with W1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

Word origin

From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a doublet of skew.

Used in a sentence

  • What cannot be eschew'd must be embrac'd.
  • Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
  • Above all, let her eschew the impertinence of invention; let her leave genius to her milliner.

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