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Eschew   /ɛstʃˈu/   Listen
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Eschew  v. t.  (past & past part. eshewed; pres. part. eshewing)  
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."
2.
To escape from; to avoid. (Obs.) "He who obeys, destruction shall eschew."





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"Eschew" Quotes from Famous Books



... the story of the King and his Chamberlain's wife; nay, this is more wondrous than that and more delectable." When the king heard this story, he was strengthened in his resolve to spare the Minister and to eschew haste in an affair whereof he was not certified; so he comforted him and bade him hie to ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton
... is pervaded by rigid self-discipline and self-restraint. He is to be sober and vigilant, to eschew evil and do good, to walk in the spirit, to be obedient unto death, to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand; to wrestle against spiritual wickedness, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world; to be rooted and built up ...
— Character • Samuel Smiles
... any subject, unless it should be the opinion of the persons you may happen to be in company with; and, as we have the reputation of possessing that quality in an eminent degree, everywhere but at home, take especial heed to eschew vulgarity—if you can. You will have the greatest care, also, to wear the shortest bob in all your private, and the longest tail in all your public relations, this being one of the most important of the ...
— The Monikins • J. Fenimore Cooper
... than a similarly high gloss on a threadbare sleeve; and yet there is no question but that all well-bred people (in the Occidental civilized communities) instinctively and unaffectedly cleave to the one as a phenomenon of great beauty, and eschew the other as offensive to every sense to which it can appeal. It is extremely doubtful if any one could be induced to wear such a contrivance as the high hat of civilized society, except for some urgent reason based on other than ...
— The Theory of the Leisure Class • Thorstein Veblen
... his cradle to be a notable leader of men. His marriage with Thorey was a romance of as exquisite a flavour as any that our sophisticated age can show, and its tragic end wrings the heart with its infinite pathos. By some singular discretion Mr. HEWLETT has chosen to eschew the least approach to Wardour-Street idiom, and this gives the narrative a simplicity, a sanity and a vivid sense of reality which are extraordinarily more effective than the goodliest tushery, of which flamboyant art Mr. HEWLETT is no mean master. I am sure he has chosen this ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 9, 1917 • Various


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