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Evade
EVA'DE, v.t. [L. evado; e and vado, to go.]
1. To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head.
2. To avoid or escape by artifice or stratagem; to slip away; to elude. The thief evaded his pursuers.
3. To elude by subterfuge, sophistry, address or ingenuity. The advocate evades an argument or the force of an argument.
4. To escape as imperceptible or not to be reached or seized.
EVA'DE, v.i. To escape; to slip away; formerly and properly with from; as, to evade from perils. But from is now seldom used.
1. 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 in any such ways.
evade appears in definitions for these words:
Avoid Avoided Blanch Dodge Dodger Elude Escape Evade Evasion Fain False Lurch Prevaricate Prevarication Quibble Quibbler Shuffle Under
Avoid Avoided Blanch Dodge Dodger Elude Escape Evade Evasion Fain False Lurch Prevaricate Prevarication Quibble Quibbler Shuffle Under
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