Meaning

1. To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
2. To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
3. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
4. To try not to do something or to have something happen
5. (obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
6. To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
7. To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
8. (obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
9. (obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
10. (obsolete) To get rid of.
11. (obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
12. (obsolete) To become void or vacant.