Evade definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary EVA'DE, v.t. [L ... to slip away; formerly and properly with from; as, to evade from perils. But from is now seldom used. 1. To ... purpose of eluding. The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge in any such ways. WordNet (r) 3 ... dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] 2 ... The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk] ...
... expectations and disappoint them; to quibble. DODGE, v.t. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting ... 1: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off ... dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] Merriam ... by sudden bodily movement 2. a. an artful device to evade, deceive, or trick b. expedient II. verb (dodged; dodging) Date ... make a sudden movement in a new direction (as to evade a blow) < dodged behind the door > 2. to evade ...
... may be the Heb. to deride. 1. To escape; to evade; to avoid by artifice, stratagem, wiles, deceit, or dexterity; as ... The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk] 2: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you ... dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] Merriam ... play — more at ludicrous Date: 1667 1. to avoid adroitly ; evade < the mice eluded the traps > < managed to elude capture > ...
... dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] Merriam ... 1. to ward off a weapon or blow 2. to evade or turn aside something transitive verb 1. to ward off (as a blow) 2. to evade especially by an adroit answer < parried the question > • parry noun ... Cowper. 2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. The French government has parried the payment of our claims ... 1913 Dictionary Parry Par"ry, v. i. To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc. -- ...
... pun; a low conceit. QUIB'BLE, v.i. 1. To evade the point in question, or plain truth, by artifice, play ... irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: quibble, quiddity, cavil] v 1: evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant ... I. verb (quibbled; quibbling) Date: 1656 intransitive verb 1. to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words 2 ... p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling.] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling ... II. v. n. 1. Cavil, shuffle, prevaricate, equivocate, practise evasion, evade the truth, trifle, shift. 2. Pun, play upon words. 1811 ... cut and thrust, cut up, discept, dispute, dodge, equivocate, equivocation, evade, evade the issue, evasion, exception, fault-find, faultfinding, fence, ...
... it. PREVAR'ICATE, v.t. To pervert; to corrupt; to evade by a quibble. [But in a transitive sense,this word ... with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Syn: To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. Usage: Prevaricate, Evade, Equivocate. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but ... 1913 Dictionary Prevaricate Pre*var"i*cate, v. t. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor ... of English Synonyms v. n. Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, equivocate, shift. Moby Thesaurus around the bush, back ... boggle, cavil, choplogic, deceive, dodge, draw the longbow, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, exaggerate, falsify, fence, fib, garble, hedge, ...
... dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] 2 ... 1. to plant, form, or trim a hedge 2. to evade the risk of commitment especially by leaving open a way ... n. Hide, skulk, disappear, take refuge in a hiding-place, evade, dodge, proceed stealthily. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To ... discretion, division line, dodge, draw the line, duck, end, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, exception, exemption, extenuating circumstances, extremity, fence, finish, ...
... through lust. 2 Peter 1. 2. To pass unobserved; to evade; as, the fact escaped my notice or observation. 3. To ... sigh of relief escaped her > • escaper noun Synonyms: escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away ... clear of danger or difficulty < try to avoid past errors >. evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or ... To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention. They escaped the search ... Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Avoid, shun, evade, elude, flee from, get out of the way of. 2 ... into fantasy, escape mechanism, escape prison, escapism, eschewal, estuary, evacuation, evade, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, exhaust, exit, exodus, fantasizing, fantasy, ...
... thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk] 3: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors" 4: escape, either physically ... The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk] Merriam Webster's I. transitive verb Etymology: perhaps alteration ... a. to cheat out of something valuable ; defraud b. to evade payment of or to < bilks his creditors > 3. to slip ... in, do out of, dodge, double, duck, elude, eschew, euchre, evade, finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, foil, frustrate, fudge, gouge, gull ...
... 1681 intransitive verb 1. to go stealthily ; sneak 2. to evade the performance of an obligation transitive verb avoid, evade < shirk one's duty > • shirker noun Britannica Concise In Islam ... To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. 2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by ... Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Avoid unfairly, evade, get off from, slink away from. 2. Cheat, trick, shark ... creep, cut, dodge, dog it, double, duck, duck duty, eschew, evade, fence, get around, get out of, goldbrick, goof off, gumshoe ...
... matter or distinction, which shall avoid, that is, defeat or evade the allegation of the other party. Thus, in a replication ... or refrain from (a thing, person, or action). 2 escape; evade. 3 Law a nullify (a decree or contract). b quash ... get rid of. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. (Pleading) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny ... it by stating new matter. --Blackstone. Syn: To escape; elude; evade; eschew. Usage: To Avoid, Shun. Avoid in its commonest sense ... do without, dodge, double, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, exclude, fade, fall back, fight shy of, flinch, forbear, forbid ...
... dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] Merriam ... 2. to lower (as the head) quickly ; bow 3. avoid, evade < duck the issue > intransitive verb 1. a. to plunge under ... b. bow, bob 3. a. to move quickly b. to evade a duty, question, or responsibility • ducker noun III. noun Date ... earthling, elude, elusion, elusiveness, engulf, engulfment, equivocate, equivocation, escape, eschew, evade, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, fade, faisan, fall back, fall guy ...
... To change the position; to shift ground; to prevaricate; to evade fair questions; to pratice shifts to elude detection. Hiding my ... 2. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate. I myself, . . . hiding ... II. v. n. 1. Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil, dodge, palter, evade, sophisticate. 2. Struggle, shift, make shift. III. n. Trick, quibble ... drag, draggle, droop, ebb and flow, embarrassment, emulsify, equivocate, equivocation, evade, evade the issue, evasion, fence, fencing, flounce, flounder, fluctuate, flummox, flurry ...
... n. s as z. [L. evasio, from evado, evasi. See Evade.] The act of eluding or avoiding, or of escaping, particularly ... French, from Late Latin evasion-, evasio, from Latin evadere to evade Date: 15th century 1. a means of evading ; dodge 2 ... answer. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L evasio -onis (as EVADE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Evasion E*va"sion, n. [L. evasio: cf. F. ['e]vasion. See Evade.] The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Evading. See evade. 2. Shuffling (in the abstract), prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, disingenuousness ...