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evitable [ˈɛvɪtəbəl] adj
Rare able to be avoided [from Latin ēvītābilis, from ēvītāre, from vītāre to avoid] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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It was doubtless in consequence of a knowl- edge of this fact, that one great statesman of the south predicted the downfall of slavery by the in- evitable laws of population. Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we fight with cranes; it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. |
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