Vocabulary : Avocado to Avoided

Avocado : The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.
Avocat : An advocate.
Avocate : To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
Avocation : A calling away; a diversion. ;; That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation. ;; Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
Avocative : Calling off. ;; That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

Avocet : Alt. of Avoset
Avoid : To empty. ;; To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. ;; To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. ;; To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. ;; To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. ;; To get rid of. ;; To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter. ;; To retire; to withdraw. ;; To become void or vacant.
Avoidable : Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. ;; Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Avoidance : The act of annulling; annulment. ;; The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. ;; A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal. ;; The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. ;; The courts by which anything is carried off.
Avoided : of Avoid

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