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Avenue | Avenue \Av"e*nue\, n. [F. avenue, fr. avenir to come to, L. advenire. See {Advene}.] 1. A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit. ``The avenues leading to the city by land.'' --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry. --Milman. [1913 Webster] 2. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. [1913 Webster] An avenue of tall elms and branching chestnuts. --W. Black. [1913 Webster] 3. A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York. [1913 Webster] |
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