v. Obs. rare. [f. L. ēvītāt- ppl. stem of ēvītāre: see EVITE v.] trans. To avoid, shun; = EVITE v.

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1588.  R. Parke, trans. Mendoza’s Hist. China, 409. Many other thinges … left out for to euitate tediousness.

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1598.  Shaks., Merry W., V. v. 241. She doth euitate and shun A thousand irreligious cursed houres.

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1603.  Florio, Montaigne (1632), 518. Whereas honest men profit the Common wealth in causing themselves to be imitated, I shall happily benefit the same, in making my selfe to be evitated.

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1775.  in Ash.

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