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evitable

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ev·i·ta·ble  (v-t-bl)
adj.
Possible to avoid; avoidable.

[Latin vtbilis, from vtre, to shun : ex-, ex- + vtre, to avoid.]

evitable [ˈɛvɪtəbəl]
adj
Rare able to be avoided
[from Latin ēvītābilis, from ēvītāre, from vītāre to avoid]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.evitable - capable of being avoided or warded off
inevitable - incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"


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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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