Thesaurus: elude

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1. v. t. To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
2. v. escape, either physically or mentally
3. v. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
4. v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
5. To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor. Syn. -- To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.
6. To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escapefrom in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle;as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search,comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludeshe eager swain. Pope.The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual processof which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.
7. v:100 v. escape, either physically or mentally v. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by