EVITABLE

evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable

(adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

evitable (comparative more evitable, superlative most evitable)

(uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible. [from early 16th c.]

Synonyms: avoidable, avertable, escapable, preventable, resistible

Antonyms: ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, irresistible, unavoidable, unescapable, unpreventable

Source: Wiktionary


Ev"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. evitabilis: cf. F. évitable.]

Definition: A voidable. [R.] Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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