umbeschew
English
Alternative forms
- umbechew, umschew, umchew (Scotland)
Etymology
From umbe- + eschew.
Verb
umbeschew (third-person singular simple present umbeschews, present participle umbeschewing, simple past and past participle umbeschewed)
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To avoid; shun.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To get away; escape.