evite

verb

1. (Early, Modern, Scotland, archaic, transitive)To avoid.

   “The way which our adversaries take to evite this testimony, is most foolish and ridiculous: […]”

   “... Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to ... Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair.”

   “She stated she must see me, and, if I refused her satisfaction there, she would compel it where I should not evite her.”

   “"Ah, but there is a way to evite that arrestment," said he.”

   “Goodey has criticised these experiments of Rostrup and is of the opinion that she did not quite evite experimental errors.”