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shunned |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shun \Shun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunned}; p. pr & vb n. {Shunning}.] [OE. shunien schunien schonien AS scunian sceonian cf D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf {Schooner}, {Scoundrel}, {Shunt}.] To avoid; to keep clear of to get out of the way of to escape from to eschew; as to shun rocks, shoals, vice. I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. --Acts xx 26,27. Scarcity and want shall shun you --Shak. Syn: See {Avoid}.
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