evade

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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. Source: opted

3. v. t. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. Source: opted

4. v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) Source: wordnet

5. v. escape, either physically or mentally Source: wordnet

6. v. practice evasion Source: wordnet

7. v. use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

10. v:100 v. practice evasion v. use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid Source: ecdict

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