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verb (used with object)
to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English eschewen < Old French eschiver, eschever < Germanic; compare Old High German sciuhen, German scheuchen, shy2
1300–50; Middle English eschewen < Old French eschiver, eschever < Germanic; compare Old High German sciuhen, German scheuchen, shy2
Related forms
es·chew·al, noun
es·chew·er, noun
un·es·chewed, adjective
Synonyms
circumvent, boycott; forgo.
circumvent, boycott; forgo.
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Eschew
is an LSAT word you need to know.
So is alternative. Does it mean:
| a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, the selection of which precludes any other possibility |
| a proposition asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing is dependent on the existence of another, as ?A if and only if B? |
Example Sentences
- Many of us already eschew products that are made, raised or grown by energy and resource intensive methods.
- But a growing number of automakers are going all-in with battery electric vehicles that eschew petroleum entirely.
- For a second it sounded as if he were about to eschew public life forever and enter a Trappist monastery.
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Word Origin & History
eschew
mid-14c., from O.Fr. eschiver, from Frankish *skiuhan "dread, avoid, shun" (cf. O.H.G. sciuhen "make fearful"), from P.Gmc. *skeukhwaz. Related to shy (v.). Related: Eschewed; eschewing.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Eschew definition
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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