| Evade | (&unr_;), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb. n.. Evading. ] [ L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'évader. See Wade. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Evade | v. t. 1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. “Evading from perils.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] Unarmed they might
Have easily, as spirits evaded swift
By quick contraction or remove. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. [ 1913 Webster ] The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these . . . ways. South. Syn. -- To equivocate; shuffle. See Prevaricate. [ 1913 Webster ] |