The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evitate
Evitate \Ev"i*tate\, v. t. [L. evitatus, p. p. of evitare to
shun; e out + vitare to shun.]
To shun; to avoid. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
evitate
vb. (context obsolete English) To shun; to avoid.