evade

verbattested in dialogue

//ɪˈveɪd//

To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

verb

1
To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
He evaded his opponent's blows.
The robbers evaded the police.
to evade the force of an argument
The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.
2
To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
Evading from perils.
Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.
3
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.

Etymology

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

Forms

past tense: evaded
past participle: evaded
present participle: evading
third person singular: evades

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evade · To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

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