Elude definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ELU'DE, v.t. [L ... avoid by artifice, stratagem, wiles, deceit, or dexterity; as, to elude an enemy; to elude the sight; to elude an officer; to elude detection; to elude vigilance; to elude the force of an argument; to ...
... or escape by artifice or stratagem; to slip away; to elude. The thief evaded his pursuers. 3. To elude by subterfuge, sophistry, address or ingenuity. The advocate evades an ... questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] 2: escape, either physically or mentally ... idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk] 3: practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and ... take refuge in escape or avoidance transitive verb 1. to elude by dexterity or stratagem 2. a. to avoid facing up ... esp. while complying with its letter. 3 (of a thing) elude or baffle (a person). Derivatives: evadable adj. evader n. ...
... by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: elude, escape] 5: remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for ... of relief escaped her > • escaper noun Synonyms: escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from ... escaping or avoiding < evaded the question by changing the subject >. elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or ... free of (a person, grasp, etc.). 5 tr. avoid or elude (a commitment, danger, etc.). 6 tr. elude the notice or memory of (nothing escapes you; the name ... of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Avoid, shun, evade, elude, flee from, get out of the way of. 2. ...
... by cunning) [syn: slip, elusion, eluding] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elude E*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr ... 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 ... to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. --Tylor. Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew ...
Eluded definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elude E*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr ... 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 ... to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. --Tylor. Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew ...
... problematical, tough] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1719 tending to elude: as a. tending to evade grasp or pursuit < elusive prey ... Dictionary adj. 1 difficult to find or catch; tending to elude. 2 difficult to remember or recall. 3 (of an answer etc.) avoiding the point raised; seeking to elude. Derivatives: elusively adv. elusiveness n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elusive E*lu"sive, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading ...
... questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] Merriam Webster's biographical name Mary ... move quickly to one side or quickly change position, to elude a pursuer, blow, etc. (dodged behind the chair). 2 tr ... evade by cunning or trickery (dodged paying the fare). b elude (a pursuer, opponent, blow, etc.) by a sideward movement etc ... dog it, double-talk, draw back, duck, duck duty, effort, elude, elusion, elusiveness, equivocate, equivocation, escape, evade, evade the issue, evasion ...
... idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk] Merriam Webster's I. transitive verb Etymology: perhaps ... an engagement), disappoint, frustrate, thwart, balk, leave in the lurch, elude. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To cheat. Let us ... dissatisfy, do, do in, do out of, dodge, double, duck, elude, eschew, euchre, evade, finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, foil, frustrate ...
... c. to cause to stoop 3. to avoid by doubling ; elude 4. a. to replace in a dramatic role b. to ... Doubling, plait, fold. 3. Returning upon one's track (to elude pursuit). 4. Trick, stratagem, ruse, shift, artifice, wile, manoeuvre. 5 ... duple, duplex, duplicate, duplicated, duplication, duplicature, duplicitous, dyadic, echo, effigy, elude, enfold, enhance, enlarge, equal, equivalent, errantry, ersatz, escape, eschew, etheric ...
... beguiled me and I did eat Genesis 3. 1. To elude by craft. When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. 2. To elude any thing disagreeable by amusement, or other means; to pass ... me, and I did eat. --Gen. iii. 13. 2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.] When misery could ...
... avoid it by stating new matter. --Blackstone. Syn: To escape; elude; evade; eschew. Usage: To Avoid, Shun. Avoid in its commonest ... sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the ... debar, deflect, divert, do without, dodge, double, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, exclude, fade, fall back, fight shy of ...
... secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret, private] 6: designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as ... 3. revealed only to the initiated ; esoteric 4. designed to elude observation or detection < a secret panel > 5. containing information whose ...
... see. --Spenser. 2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim ... disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, dish, disillusion, disrupt, dissatisfy, disturbance, dull, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, embarrassment, enigma, escape one, faze, fix, floor, flummox, fog ...