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Evade

Evade Meaning & Definition
Evade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Evade?

[v] avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
[v] use cleverness or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con mane always evades"
[v] escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
[v] practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Evade: bilk | circumvent | dodge | duck | elude | elude | fudge | hedge | parry | put off | sidestep | skirt

Related Terms | Find terms related to Evade: abstain | around the bush | avoid | back and fill | bail out | beat about | beg | beg the question | bicker | bilk | blench | blink | boggle | break away | break jail | break loose | bypass | cavil | cheat | choplogic | circumvent | cop out | cringe | cut loose | deceive | ditch | dodge | double | draw back | duck | duck the issue | elude | equivocate | escape | escape prison | eschew | evade the issue | fade | fall back | falsify | fence | flee | flinch | fly | fly the coop | foil | frustrate | fudge | get around | get away | get away from | get clear of | get free | get out | get out of | get round | give the runaround | give the slip | go one better | hang back | hedge | hem and haw | hum and haw | jib | jump | lie | make a getaway | mince the truth | mince words | mystify | nitpick | obscure | outfigure | outflank | outgeneral | outguess | outmaneuver | outplay | outreach | outsmart | outwit | overreach | palter | parry | pass the buck | pick nits | prevaricate | pull back | pussyfoot | quail | quibble | recoil | reel back | retreat | shake | shake off | sheer off | shift | shift about | shirk | shrink | shrink back | shuffle | shuffle out of | shun | shy | sidestep | sit it out | skip | skirt | slip away | slip the collar | split hairs | stand neuter | start aside | start back | stonewall | straddle | swerve | tergiversate | thwart | trim | turn aside | victimize | waffle | weasel | weasel out | wince

See Also | act | avoid | break loose | escape | escape | get away | get away | get by | get off | get out | move | quibble

Evade In Webster's Dictionary

\E*vade"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Evading}.] [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'['e]vader. See {Wade}.] To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument. The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. --Trench.
\E*vade"\, v. t. 1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. ``Evading from perils.'' --Bacon. Unarmed they might Have easily, as spirits evaded swift By quick contraction or remove. --Milton. 2. 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. --South. Syn: To equivocate; shuffle. See {Prevaricate}.

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