/ɪˈveɪd/
OriginFrom Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade.
- transitiveTo get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
“He evaded his opponent's blows.”
“The robbers evaded the police.”
“to evade the force of an argument”
- transitiveTo escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
“Evading from perils.”
“Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.”
- intransitiveTo attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
“The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.”
Formsevades(present, singular, third-person) · evading(participle, present) · evaded(participle, past) · evaded(past)