Thesaurus: evade

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
3. v. t. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
4. v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
5. v. escape, either physically or mentally
6. v. practice evasion
7. v. use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
8. 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. 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.
9. 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 ofan argument.The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading theChristian miracles. Trench.
10. v:100 v. practice evasion v. use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid