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Webster 1913 Edition

Evitable

Ev′i-ta-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
evitabilis
: cf. F.
évitable
.]
Avoidable.
[R.]
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Evitable

EV'ITABLE

,
Adj.
[L. evitabilis.] See Evitate.] That may be shunned; avoidable. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

evitable

evitable

See also: évitable

English

Adjective

evitable ‎(comparative more evitable, superlative most evitable)

  1. Possible to avoid; avertible.
    The tragic consequences were evitable.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ēvītābilis.

Adjective

evitable m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural evitables)

  1. avoidable

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Galician

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Etymology

From Latin ēvītābilis.

Adjective

evitable m, f (plural evitables)

  1. avoidable

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēvītābilis.

Adjective

evitable m, f ‎(plural evitables)

  1. avoidable

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Etymology

From Middle French evitable, from Latin ēvītābilis ‎(“avoidable”), from ēvītō ‎(“I avoid”), from ē- ‎(“out”) + vītō ‎(“I shun”).

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