Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: evite
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The way which our adversaries take to evite this testimony, is most foolish and ridiculous: […]"
"... Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to ... Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair."
"She stated she must see me, and, if I refused her satisfaction there, she would compel it where I should not evite her."
""Ah, but there is a way to evite that arrestment," said he."
"Goodey has criticised these experiments of Rostrup and is of the opinion that she did not quite evite experimental errors."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French eviter, from Latin ēvītō (“to avoid”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ēvītō

Usage

Inflected Forms

evites (present, singular) eviting (participle, present) evited (participle, past) evited (past)

Derived Forms

evitable

Questions

What does evite mean?: To avoid.
Where does evite come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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