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Evade

//ɪˈveɪd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from. transitive

    "He evaded his opponent's blows."

  2. 2
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) wordnet
  3. 3
    To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from. transitive

    "Evading from perils."

  4. 4
    use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid wordnet
  5. 5
    To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. intransitive

    "The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways."

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  1. 6
    escape, either physically or mentally wordnet
  2. 7
    practice evasion wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade.

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