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1 Eschew -- rank: 1000

Eschew definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ESCHEW', v.t. To flee from; to shun; to avoid. He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. Job--feared God and eschewed evil. Job 1. WordNet (r ... and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: shun, eschew] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo ... f. Gmc: rel. to SHY(1) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Eschew Es*chew" (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p ... keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape ...

2 Shun -- rank: 498

... and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: shun, eschew] 2: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban ... get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. I am pure from ... a positive sense or denoting positive exertion), evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the way of, escape ... shoulder, decline, despise, disdain, do without, dodge, double, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fight shy of, forbear, forgo, give place to, give ...

3 Eshewing -- rank: 429

Eshewing definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Eschew Es*chew" (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p ... keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.] He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys.

4 Eshewed -- rank: 429

Eshewed definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Eschew Es*chew" (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p ... keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.] He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys.

5 Avoid -- rank: 429

... by stating new matter. --Blackstone. Syn: To escape; elude; evade; eschew. Usage: To Avoid, Shun. Avoid in its commonest sense means ... a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out ... divert, do without, dodge, double, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, exclude, fade, fall back, fight shy of, flinch, forbear ...

6 Elude -- rank: 339

... elude close definition. --Tylor. Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (eludes ... discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, disrupt, ditch, dodge, double, duck, escape, eschew, evade, flee, flummox, fly, foil, frustrate, get around, get away ...

7 Escape -- rank: 339

... escaped her > • escaper noun Synonyms: escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape ... may imply repugnance or abhorrence < you have shunned your responsibilities >. eschew implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful ...

8 Skew -- rank: 339

... from Anglo-French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid — more at eschew Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to take an oblique ... n. Etymology: ONF eskiu(w)er (v.) = OF eschuer: see ESCHEW Webster's 1913 Dictionary Skew Skew, n. (Arch.) A stone ...

9 Shy -- rank: 339

... G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf. Eschew.] 1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. The horses ... duck, ease off, edge off, elude, embryonic, empty of, equivocate, eschew, evade, evade the issue, fade, failing, fall back, falter, faltering ...

10 Help -- rank: 214

... domestic, domestic servant, domestics, drudge, ease, employees, entree, entremets, escape, eschew, estop, exclude, executive officer, expedite, explain, expropriate, facilitate, favor, fellowship ...

11 forgo -- rank: 214

... disgorge, dispense with, dispose of, do without, drop, dump, eliminate, eschew, forbear, forsake, forswear, get along without, get rid of, give ...

12 Forbear -- rank: 214

... through, cease, curb, desist, dispense with, do without, endure, escape, eschew, evade, forgive, forgo, give quarter, have mercy upon, have pity ...

13 Flinch -- rank: 214

... cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, draw in, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evasion, fade, fall back, fallback, falter, fight shy of ...

14 Flee -- rank: 214

... a fade-out, dwindle, elope, elude, erode, escape, escape prison, eschew, evade, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out ...

15 When Josephus describes the sects of the Jews, he devotes most of his time -- rank: 214

... is the Essenes. They are very devotional and temperate and eschew matrimony. They despise wealth, and from sharing with the destitute ...