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Middle English
- echue, eþchewe, escheewe, escheu, eschew, eschewe, eschu, eschue, eschuen, eschuie, eschuwe, eschywe, esshew, exchewe
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschiver, from Frankish *skiuhijan; a doublet of skewen (“to run diagonally”). Compare enchewen and, more distantly, schey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ(s)ˈt͡ʃiu̯ən/, /ɛˈʃiu̯ən/
- (possibly) IPA(key): /ɛˈskiu̯ən/
Verb
eschewen (third-person singular simple present escheweth, present participle eschewende, eschewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle eschewed)
- To avoid or eschew (a behaviour, person, place, or situation)
- To escape or avoid attack, peril or harm.
- (rare) To attempt to escape peril or harm.
- (rare) To recommend or encourage a situation.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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