Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Eschew"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Eschew
from old French eschever, "to flee from" (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 1
Pet. 3:11).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eschew \Es*chew"\ (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eshewed}
(-ch[udd]"d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eshewing}.] [OF. eschever,
eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen;
akin to E. sky. See {Shy}, a.]
1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling
of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.
They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp.
Beveridge.
2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.]
He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eschew
v : avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: {shun}]
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