Avoid, 1) trans., a) to shun, to endeavour not to meet: “that you might a. him, if you saw him,” Wiv. II, 2, 289. “the fashion of the world is to a. cost,” Ado I, 1, 98. II, 3, 198. V, 1, 270. LLL IV, 3, 264. As II, 5, 35. Tw. III, 4, 338. Wint. I, 2, 433. John I, 215. R2 I, 3, 241. II, 1, 264. H4A V, 5, 13. H4B IV, 5, 209. H5 III, 3, 42. H6C II, 2, 137. II. 6, 66. IV, 6, 28. V, 4, 37. R3 III, 5, 68. III, 7, 151. IV, 4, 218. IV, 4, 218 IV, 4, 218 Caes. I, 2, 200. II, 2, 26. Mcb. II, 3, 149. V, 8, 4. Hml. I, 1, 134. III, 2, 16. III, 4, 150. Lr. I, 1, 126. Cymb. I, 1, 140.
b) to leave, quit: “a. the gallery,” H8 V, 1, 86. “a. the house,” Cor. IV, 5, 25.
c) to get rid of: “what I am I cannot a.” Wiv. III, 5, 152. I will no longer endure it, though yet I “know no wise remedy how to a. it,” As I, 1, 27. “how may I a. the wife I chose?” Troil. II, 2, 65.
d) in pleading, to evade the allegation of the other party by setting up some new matter: “as the matter now stands, he will a. your accusation: he made trial of you only,” Meas. III, 1, 201. “all these you may a. but the Lie Direct, and you may a. that too with an If,” As V, 4, 102.
2) intr. to withdraw, depart: “let us a.” Wint. I, 2, 462. “here's no place for you; pray you, a.” Cor. IV, 5, 34. Imperatively, == be gone, avaunt: “a.! no more!” Tp. IV, 14<*>. “Satan, a.!” Err. IV, 3, 48. Err. IV, 3, 48 H6B I, 4, 43. Ant. V, 2, 242. Cymb. I, 1, 125.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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