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‖n. [ F., fr. couver. See Covey. ] A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

(&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 ]

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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Invaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Invading. ] [ L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See Wade. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which becomes a body, and doth then invade
The state of life, out of the grisly shade. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such an enemy
Is risen to invade us. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.

Syn. -- To attack; assail; encroach upon. See Attack. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make an invasion. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pervaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pervading. ] [ L. pervadere, pervasum; per + vadere to go, to walk. See Per-, and Wade. ] 1. To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate. [ 1913 Webster ]

That labyrinth is easily pervaded. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout. [ 1913 Webster ]

A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ For fade. ] To fade; hence, to vanish. [ Obs. ] “ Summer leaves all vaded.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They into dust shall vade. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]