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  • English Word Avocat Definition An advocate.
  • English Word Avocate Definition To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
  • English Word Avocation Definition A calling away; a diversion.
  • English Word Avocation Definition That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
  • English Word Avocation Definition Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
  • English Word Avocative Definition Calling off.
  • English Word Avocative Definition That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
  • English Word Avocet Definition Alt. of Avoset
  • English Word Avoid Definition To empty.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To get rid of.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To retire; to withdraw.
  • English Word Avoid Definition To become void or vacant.
  • English Word Avoidable Definition Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
  • English Word Avoidable Definition Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
  • English Word Avoidance Definition The act of annulling; annulment.
  • English Word Avoidance Definition The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
  • English Word Avoidance Definition A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
  • English Word Avoidance Definition The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
  • English Word Avoidance Definition The courts by which anything is carried off.
  • English Word Avoided Definition of Avoid
  • English Word Avoider Definition The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
  • English Word Avoider Definition One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
  • English Word Avoiding Definition of Avoid
  • English Word Avoidless Definition Unavoidable; inevitable.
  • English Word Avoirdupois Definition Goods sold by weight.