What is to quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs.] Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room. Bacon called?
avoid — To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs.] Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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