Possible Definitions:
1. Avoid (a.) To empty.
2. Avoid (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
3. Avoid (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
4. Avoid (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
5. Avoid (a.) 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.
6. Avoid (a.) To get rid of.
7. Avoid (a.) 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.
8. Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
9. Avoid (v. i.) To become void or vacant.
