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Webster 1913 Edition
Avoider
A-void′er
,Noun.
1.
The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
Johnson.
2.
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Avoider
AVOID'ER
, n.1.
One who avoids, shuns or escapes.2.
The person who carries any thing away; the vessel in which things are carried away.Definition 2024
avoider
avoider
English
Noun
avoider (plural avoiders)
- One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
- One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
Old French
Alternative forms
- envoider
Etymology
Variant of esvuidier.
Verb
avoider (Anglo-Norman)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of avoider (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avoider | avoir avoidé | |||||
| gerund | en avoidant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | avoidant | ||||||
| past participle | avoidé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | avoit | avoides | avoide | avoidons | avoidez | avoident |
| imperfect | avoidoie, avoideie, avoidoe, avoideve | avoidoies, avoideies, avoidoes, avoideves | avoidoit, avoideit, avoidot, avoideve | avoidiiens, avoidiens | avoidiiez, avoidiez | avoidoient, avoideient, avoidoent, avoidevent | |
| preterite | avoidai | avoidas | avoida | avoidames | avoidastes | avoiderent | |
| future | avoiderai | avoideras | avoidera | avoiderons | avoideroiz, avoidereiz, avoiderez | avoideront | |
| conditional | avoideroie, avoidereie | avoideroies, avoidereies | avoideroit, avoidereit | avoideriiens, avoideriens | avoideriiez, avoideriez | avoideroient, avoidereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | avoit | avoiz | avoit | avoidons | avoidez | avoident |
| imperfect | avoidasse | avoidasses | avoidast | avoidissons, avoidissiens | avoidissoiz, avoidissez, avoidissiez | avoidassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | avoide | — | avoidons | avoidez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: avoid (borrowed)
References
- avoider on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub