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eschew

verb
/ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/UK/ɛsˈt͡ʃu/US

Etymology

From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a doublet of skew. For the pronunciation with /ʃ/, compare the development of marshal from Middle English marschal (/marsˈt͡ʃaːl/) or Middle English myssheve, variant of myschef (“hardship”). Variants in /sk/ are either from unattested Middle English *eskewen (from Old Northern French eskiver; compare skew) or are spelling pronunciations. See also French esquiver.

  1. derived from *skiuhijan✻ — “to dread, shun, avoid”
  2. derived from eschiver
  3. inherited from eschewen

Definitions

  1. To avoid

    To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

    • What cannot be eschew'd must be embrac'd.
    • Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA