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Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.

Act of being gulled. [Obs.] Had you no quirk. To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature B. Jonson

A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.

the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc. Else how had the world . . . Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat! Milton.

To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite. The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate attempt to hedge between the parties than . . . to gain favor from the Roundheads. Saintsbury.

To forbear; to avoid. I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author. Pope.

which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. -- High bailiff, the chief bailiff. -- High Church, and Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high- churchmen emphasize the doc…

hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale.

Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.

Not material; intangible; incorporeal. "Impalpable, void, and bodiless." Holland.

Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.

nbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility. We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. Swift.

Void of meaning. [Obs.] Shak.

To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.] Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another can not improve. Tyndale.

Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inane instincts." I. Taylor. -- In*ane"ly, adv.

Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.

Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.

. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice. 'T was long ago Since gods come down incognito. Prior. The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. Tatler.

Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.