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es·chew    Audio Help   [es-choo] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME eschewen < OF eschiver, eschever < Gmc; cf. OHG sciuhen, G scheuchen, shy2]

es·chew·al, noun
es·chew·er, noun

circumvent, boycott; forgo.
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es·chew    Audio Help   (ěs-chōō')  Pronunciation Key 
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 
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.).

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eschew

verb
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: shun

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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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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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