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es⋅chew
[es-choo] 
–verb (used with object)
| to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil. |
Related forms:
es⋅chew⋅al, noun
es⋅chew⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
circumvent, boycott; forgo.
circumvent, boycott; forgo.
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| es·chew (ěs-chōō') tr.v. es·chewed, es·chew·ing, es·chews To avoid; shun. See Synonyms at escape. [Middle English escheuen, from Old French eschivir, of Germanic origin; akin to shy1.] es·chew'al (-əl) n. |
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Eschew
Es*chew"\ (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eshewed (-ch[udd]"d); p. pr. & vb. n. Eshewing.] [OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See Shy, a.]1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to 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.
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eschew
1340, from O.Fr. eschiver, from Frank. *skiuhan "dread, avoid, shun" (cf. O.H.G. sciuhen "make fearful"), from P.Gmc. *skeukhwaz. Related to shy (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Eschew
from old French eschever, "to flee from" (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 1 Pet. 3:11).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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