Definition of evade

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Evade (v. t.) 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..

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Parry :: Parry (v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
Evasible :: Evasible (a.) That may be evaded.
Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..
Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter..
Ineludible :: Ineludible (a.) Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.
Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility..
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed..
Tail :: Tail (v. t.) To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..
Blink :: Blink (v. t.) To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding..
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
Evadible :: Evadible (a.) Capable of being evaded.
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..
Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..
Inevasible :: Inevasible (a.) Incapable of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable.
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