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To empty. |
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To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. |
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To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. |
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To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. |
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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. |
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To get rid of. |
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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. |
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To retire; to withdraw. |
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To become void or vacant. |