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es⋅chew

  [es-choo]
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–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, shy 2

Related forms:
es⋅chew⋅al, noun
es⋅chew⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
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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Word Origin & History

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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Bible Dictionary

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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