Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eluded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Eluding}.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F.
['e]luder. See {Ludicrous}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elude
v 1: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the
police"; "This difficult idea seems to elude me" [syn: {evade},
{bilk}]
2: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you
are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: {escape}]
3: avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues;
"He dodged the issue" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put
off}, {circumvent}, {parry}, {skirt}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}]
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