English-Thai Dictionary

eschew

VT หลบเลี่ยง  เลี่ยง  หลีกเลี่ยง  avoid shun lob-liang

 

eschewment

N การ หลบเลี่ยง หนี  การ ละเว้น 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESCHEW

v.t.To flee from; to shun; to avoid. He who obeys, destruction shall eschew.
Job--feared God and eschewed evil. Job 1:1.

 

ESCHEWED

pp. Shunned; avoided.

 

ESCHEWING

ppr. Shunning; avoiding. [This word is nearly obsolete, or at least little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ESCHEW

Es *chew ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eshewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Eshewing.]Etym: [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.

 

ESCHEWER

ESCHEWER Es *chew "er, n.

 

Defn: One who eschews.

 

ESCHEWMENT

ESCHEWMENT Es *chew "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of eschewing. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

eschew

es chew |esˈCHo͞o əsˈtʃu | ▶verb [ with obj. ] deliberately avoid using; abstain from: he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence. DERIVATIVES es chew al noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to German scheuen ‘shun, ’ also to shy 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

eschew

eschew |ɪsˈtʃuː, ɛs- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] deliberately avoid using; abstain from: he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence. DERIVATIVES eschewal noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to German scheuen ‘shun ’, also to shy 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

eschew

eschew verb he firmly eschewed political involvement: abstain from, refrain from, give up, forgo, shun, renounce, steer clear of, have nothing to do with, fight shy of; relinquish, reject, disavow, abandon, spurn, wash one's hands of, drop; informal kick, pack in; formal forswear, abjure.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

eschew

eschew verb he firmly eschewed political involvement: abstain from, refrain from, give up, forgo, forswear, shun, renounce, swear off, abjure, steer clear of, have nothing to do with, give a wide berth to, fight shy of, relinquish, reject, dispense with, disavow, abandon, deny, gainsay, disclaim, repudiate, renege on, spurn, abnegate, abdicate, wash one's hands of, drop; informal kick, jack in, pack in; Law disaffirm; archaic forsake. ANTONYMS indulge in.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

eschew

es chew /ɪstʃúː, es- /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈悪いもの 有害なものなど 〉を避ける (avoid ), 慎む .