Eschew derives from the Anglo-French verb eschiver and is akin to the Old High German verb sciuhen (to frighten off), an ancestor of our word shy. In his famous dictionary of 1755 Dr. Samuel Johnson characterized eschew as almost obsolete. History has proven that the great lexicographer was wrong on that call, however.
to avoid something intentionally, or to give up something: The leaders of the organization eschewed the term union , preferring guild . (Definition of eschew from the Cambridge Academic Content.
Words related to eschew abandon , renounce , avoid , forgo , forswear , shun , shy away from , swear off , shy , abstain , double , sacrifice , abjure , refrain , elude , evade , duck , give up , have no truck with ,.
Remember you can always eschew the name in favor of just a heart. 2 1 On the other hand, vegans eschew all animal products, including gelatin, which is produced from a substance found in animal bones. 31. eschew It also enables us to eschew subtle questions of syntactic definability.
If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid it. If you live the bohemian life in the city, then most likely you eschew the suburbs.
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for eschew. es+CHEW – You chew a chewing gum but you HABITUALLY AVOID gulping it. 0 1. Ee + shoe – Avoid it. This shoes is very old and torn. avoid using it. 0 0. Rhymes with Skew- not in a straight direction hence u AVOID whats ahead of you. 0 0.
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Egypt’s oldest and largest Islamist group did eschew violence in the 1970s, and now proclaims a belief in freedom, democracy and the rule of law. —The Economist; Just to get through the day, it’s necessary to lower voices, modulate tempers, eschew insults, voice soft lies — compromise, compromise, compromise. —The Washington Post
