Hypertext Webster Gateway: "evade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Evade \E*vade"\, v. t.
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Evade \E*vade"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evaded}; p. pr. & vb.
n.. {Evading}.] [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go,
walk: cf. F. s'['e]vader. See {Wade}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
evade
v 1: avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues;
"He dodged the issue" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {put off},
{circumvent}, {parry}, {elude}, {skirt}, {dodge}, {duck},
{sidestep}]
2: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the
police"; "This difficult idea seems to elude me" [syn: {elude},
{bilk}]
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