Avoid

·adj To get rid of.

II. Avoid ·vi To become void or vacant.

III. Avoid ·adj To Empty.

IV. Avoid ·adj To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

V. Avoid ·adj To make void; to annul or vacate; to Refute.

VI. Avoid ·vi To Retire; to Withdraw.

VII. Avoid ·adj To emit or throw out; to Void; as, to avoid excretions.

VIII. Avoid ·adj 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.

IX. Avoid ·adj 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.