evade
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From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade.
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evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)
- (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
- He evaded his opponent's blows.
- The robbers evaded the police.
- to evade the force of an argument
- 1847, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord:
- The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.
- 2004, “Moving Through Other Characters”, in GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns, page 368:
- “Evading” is moving through ground occupied by an opponent without trying to knock him down. You can attempt this as part of any maneuver that allows movement, provided you can move fast enough to go past your foe – not just up to him.
- 2007, “Obstruction”, in GURPS Martial Arts, page 106:
- If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p. B368) and you have a melee weapon that can parry, you may roll against weapon skill instead of DX in the Contest. You keep him from evading if you win or tie
- (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
- Evading from perils.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.
- (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
- The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.
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(cleverly escape from):
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to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
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to escape or slip away
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to attempt to escape
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evade
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evade
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