Evade

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verb (evaded; evading)

Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French evader, from Latin evadere, from e- + vadere to go, walk — more at wade
Date: 1513
intransitive verb
- 1. to slip away
- 2. to take refuge in escape or avoidance
transitive verb
- 1. to elude by dexterity or stratagem
- 2.
  - a. to avoid facing up to <evaded the real issues>
  - b. to avoid the performance of ; dodge, circumvent; especially to fail to pay (taxes)
  - c. to avoid answering directly ; turn aside
- 3. to be elusive to ; baffle <the simple, personal meaning evaded them — C. D. Lewis>
Synonyms: see escape
? evadable adjective
? evader noun