evade
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See also évadé
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”): compare French évader. See wade.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Verb[edit]
evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)
- 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. — Richard Chenevix Trench.
- To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- Evading from perils. — Francis Bacon.
- Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove. — John Milton.
- 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. — Robert South.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
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escape or slip away
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attempt to escape
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See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
evade
- third-person singular present indicative of evadere
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
ēvāde
- second-person singular present active imperative of ēvādō
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
evade (infinitive evadir)
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