evade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

/ɪˈveɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-evade.wav

evade evades evading evaded

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

equivocate shuffle dodge end-run sidestep give the go-by give someone the runaround

prevaricate

evadable evadee evader evadible evadingly evasible evasion evasive unevaded

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