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6. To get rid of. [Obs.]

Shak.

7. (Pleading) 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.

Blackstone.

Syn. -- To escape; elude; evade; eschew. -- To Avoid , Shun . Avoid in its commonest sense means, to keep clear of , an extension of the meaning, to withdraw one's self from . It denotes care taken not to come near or in contact; as, to avoid certain persons or places . Shun is a stronger term, implying more prominently the idea of intention. The words may, however, in many cases be interchanged.

No man can pray from his heart to be kept from temptation, if the take no care of himself to avoid it. Mason.

So Chanticleer, who never saw a fox, Yet shunned him as a sailor shuns the rocks. Dryden.

Avoid <Xpage=106>

A*void" , v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.]

David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11.

2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.]

Ayliffe.

Avoidable <Xpage=106>

A*void"a*ble (?) , a. 1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.

The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

Avoidance <Xpage=106>

A*void"ance (?) , n. 1. The act of annulling; annulment.

2. 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.

Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. "The avoidance of pain."

Beattie.

5. The courts by which anything is carried off.

Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.

Avoider <Xpage=106>

A*void"er (?) , n. 1. The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.

Johnson.

2. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.

Avoidless <Xpage=106>

A*void"less , a. Unavoidable; inevitable.

Avoirdupois <Xpage=106>

Av`oir*du*pois" (?) , n. & a. [OE. aver de peis , goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids , L. pensum . See Aver , n. , and Poise , n .] 1. Goods sold by weight. [Obs.]

2. Avoirdupois weight.

3. Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois . [Colloq.]

Avoirdupois weight , a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

&hand; The standard Avoirdupois pound of the United States is equivalent to the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water at 62&deg; Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches, and the water weighed in the air with brass weights. In this system of weights 16 drams make 1 ounce, 16 ounces 1 pound, 25 pounds 1 quarter, 4 quarters 1 hundred weight, and 20 hundred weight 1 ton. The above pound contains 7,000 grains, or 453.54 grams, so that 1 pound avoirdupois is equivalent to 1 31-144 pounds troy. (See Troy weight .) Formerly, a hundred weight was reckoned at 112 pounds, the ton being 2,240 pounds (sometimes called a long ton ).

Avoke <Xpage=106>

A*voke" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Avocate .] To call from or back again. [Obs.]

Bp. Burnet.

Avolate <Xpage=106>

Av"o*late (?) , v. i. [L. avolare ; a ( ab ) + volare to fly.] To fly away; to escape; to exhale. [Obs.]

Avolation <Xpage=106>

Av`o*la"tion (?) , n. [LL. avolatio .] The act of flying; flight; evaporation. [Obs.]

Avoset <Xpage=106>

Av"o*set (?) , n. Same as Avocet .

Avouch <Xpage=106>

A*vouch" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Avouched (<?/); p. pr. & vb. n. Avouching .] [OF. avochier , LL. advocare to recognize the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to call to; ad + vocare to call. Cf. Avow to declare, Advocate , and see Vouch , v. t. ] 1. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [Obs.]

They avouch many successions of authorities. Coke.

2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.

We might be disposed to question its authencity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. Milman.

3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.

If this which he avouches does appear. Shak.

Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser.

4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. Deut. xxvi. 17.

Avouch <Xpage=106>

A*vouch" (?) , n. Evidence; declaration. [Obs.]

The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Shak.

Avouchable <Xpage=106>

A*vouch"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being avouched.

Avoucher <Xpage=106>

A*vouch"er (?) , n. One who avouches.

Avouchment <Xpage=106>

A*vouch"ment (?) , n. The act of avouching; positive declaration. [Obs.]

Milton.

Avoutrer <Xpage=106>

A*vou"trer (?) , n. See Advoutrer . [Obs.]

Avoutrie <Xpage=106>

A*vou"trie (?) , n. [OF.] Adultery. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Avow <Xpage=106>

A*vow" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Avowed (<?/); p. pr. & vb. n. Avowing .] [F. avouver , fr. L. advocare to call to (whence the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord, own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See Advocate , Avouch .] 1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes .

Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow , and challenge Dagon to the test. Milton.

2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry .

Blackstone.

Syn. -- To acknowledge; own; confess. See Confess .

Avow <Xpage=106>

A*vow" , n , [Cf. F. aveu .] Avowal. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Avow <Xpage=106>

A*vow" , v. t. & i. [OF. avouer , fr. LL. votare to vow, fr. L. votun . See Vote , n. ] To bind, or to devote, by a vow. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Avow <Xpage=106>

A*vow" , n. A vow or determination. [Archaic]

Avowable <Xpage=106>

A*vow"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence.

Donne.

Avowal <Xpage=106>

A*vow"al (?) , n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles .

Hume.

Avowance <Xpage=106>

A*vow"ance (?) , n. 1. Act of avowing; avowal.

2. Upholding; defense; vindication. [Obs.]

Can my avowance of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me? Fuller.

Avowant <Xpage=106>

A*vow"ant (?) , n. (Law) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.

Cowell.

Avowed <Xpage=106>

A*vowed" (?) , a. Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly (<?/) , adv.

Avowee <Xpage=106>

A*vow`ee" (?) , n. [F. avou\'82 . Cf. Advowee , Advocate , n. ] The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson .

Avower <Xpage=106>

A*vow"er (?) , n. One who avows or asserts.

Avowry <Xpage=106>

A*vow"ry (?) , n. [OE. avouerie protection, authority, OF. avouerie . See Avow to declare.] 1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.]

Let God alone be our avowry . Latimer.

2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.

Blackstone.

&hand; When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer either makes avowry , that is, avours taking the distress in his own right, or the right of his wife, and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like; or makes cognizance , that is, acknowledges the taking, but justifies in an another's right, as his bailiff or servant.

Avowtry <Xpage=106>

A*vow"try , v. t. Adultery. See Advoutry .

Avoyer <Xpage=106>

A*voy"er (?) , n. [F.] A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland. [Obs.]

Avulse <Xpage=106>

A*vulse" (?) , v. t. [L. avulsus , p. p. of avellere to tear off; a ( ab ) + vellere to pluck.] To pluck or pull off.

Shenstone.

Avulsion <Xpage=106>

A*vul"sion (?) , n. [L. avulsio .] 1. A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.

The avulsion of two polished superficies. Locke.

2. A fragment torn off.

J. Barlow.

3. (Law) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.

Wharton. Burrill.

Avuncular <Xpage=106>

A*vun"cu*lar (?) , a. [L. avunculus uncle.] Of or pertaining to an uncle.

In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct or avuncular , gives way. I. Taylor.

Await <Xpage=106>

A*wait" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awaited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaiting .] [OF. awaitier , agaitier ; <?/ (L. ad ) + waitier , gaitier to watch, F. guetter . See Wait .] 1. To watch for; to look out for. [Obs.]

2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [Obs.]

3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect .

Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. Milton.

4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good .

O Eve, some farther change awaits us night. Milton.

Await <Xpage=106>

A*wait" , v. i. 1. To watch. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. To wait ( on or upon ). [Obs.]

3. To wait; to stay in waiting.

Darwin.

Await <Xpage=106>

A*wait" , n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Awake <Xpage=106>

A*wake" (?) , v. t. [ imp. Awoke (?) , Awaked (<?/) ; p. p. Awaked ; (Obs.) Awaken , Awoken ; p. pr. & vb. n . Awaking . The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p .] [AS. \'bew\'91cnan , v. i. (imp. aw<?/c ), and \'bewacian , v. i. (imp. awacode ). See Awaken , Wake .] 1. To rouse from sleep.; to wake; to awaken.

Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. Tennyson.

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25.

2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith.

It way awake my bounty further. Shak.

No sunny gleam awake s the trees. Keble.

Awake <Xpage=106>

A*wake" (?) , v. i. To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.

The national spirit again awoke . Freeman.

Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. xv. 34.

Awake <Xpage=106>

A*wake" , a. [From awaken , old p. p. of awake .] Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

Before whom awake I stood. Milton.

She still beheld, Now wide awake , the vision of her sleep. Keats.

He was awake to the danger. Froude.

Awaken <Xpage=106>

A*wak"en (?) , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Awakened (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening .] [OE. awakenen , awaknen , AS. \'bew\'91cnan , \'bew\'91cnian , v. i. ; pref. on- + w\'91cnan to wake. Cf. Awake , v. t. ] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.

[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper.

Their consciences are thoroughly awakened . Tillotson.

Syn. -- To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.

Awakener <Xpage=106>

A*wak"en*er (?) , n. One who, or that which, awakens.

Awakening <Xpage=106>

A*wak"en*ing , a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A*wak"en*ing*ly , adv.

Awakening <Xpage=106>

A*wak"en*ing , n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

Awakenment <Xpage=106>

A*wak"en*ment (?) , n. An awakening. [R.]

Awanting <Xpage=106>

A*want"ing (?) , a. [Pref. a- + wanting .] Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.]

Sir W. Hamilton.

Award <Xpage=106>

A*ward" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awarded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Awarding .] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex ) + warder , garder , to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wart<?/n to watch, guard. See Ward .] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant .

To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Dryden.

Award <Xpage=106>

A*ward" , v. i. To determine; to make an ~.

Award <Xpage=106>

A*ward" , n. [Cf. OF. award , awart , esgart . See Award , v. t. ] 1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. "Impatient for the award ."

Cowper.

An award had been given against. Gilpin.

2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

Bouvier.

Awarder <Xpage=106>

A*ward"er (?) , n. One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

Aware <Xpage=106>

A*ware" (?) , a. [OE. iwar , AS. gew\'91r , fr. w\'91r wary. The pref. ge- orig. meant together , completely . <?/. See Wary .] 1. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

2. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs .

Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook. Cowper.

Awarn <Xpage=106>

A*warn" (?) , v. t. [Pref. a- + warn , AS. gewarnian . See Warn , v. t. ] To warn. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Awash <Xpage=106>

A*wash" (?) , a. [Pref. a- + wash .] Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

Away <Xpage=106>

A*way" (?) , adv. [AS. aweg , anweg , onweg ; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence.

The sound is going away . Shak.

Have me away , for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23.

2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home .

3. Aside; off; in another direction.

The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.

4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

Be near me when I fade away . Tennyson.

5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~.

And the Lord said . . . Away , get thee down. Exod. xix. 24.

6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away . [Colloq.]

&hand; It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away , run away , etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? "Love hath wings, and will away ." Waller . It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away ; to trifle away ; to squander away , etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away .

Away with , bear, abide . [Obs. or Archaic] "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with ." ( Isa. i. 13 ), i. e., "I can not bear or endure [it]." -- Away with one, signifies, take him away . " Away with, crucify him." John xix. 15 . -- To make away with . (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.

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Away-going <Xpage=107>

A*way"-go"ing (?) , a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops.

Wharton.

Awayward <Xpage=107>

A*way"ward (?) , adv. Turned away; away. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Awe <Xpage=107>

Awe (?) , n. [OE. a<?/e , aghe , fr. Icel. agi ; akin to AS. ege , <?/ga , Goth. agis , Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. <?/ pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail . <?/3. Cf. Ugly .] 1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent]

His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe . Cowper.