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Webster 1913 Edition
Evade
E-vade′
([GREEK]),Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Evaded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
. Evading
.] 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 argumentThe heathen had a method, more truly their own, of
evading
the Christian miracles. Trench.
E-vade′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To escape; to slip away; – sometimes with from.
“Evading from perils.” Bacon.
Unarmed they might
Have easily, as spirits
By quick contraction or remove.
Have easily, as spirits
evaded
swiftBy quick contraction or remove.
Milton.
2.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
Syn. – To equivocate; shuffle. See
Prevaricate
. Webster 1828 Edition
Evade
EVA'DE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head.2.
To avoid 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 argument or the force of an argument.4.
To escape as imperceptible or not to be reached or seized.EVA'DE
,Verb.
I.
1.
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 in any such ways.