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Webster 1913 Edition


Evade

E-vade′

([GREEK]),
Verb.
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
.
The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of
evading
the Christian miracles.
Trench.

E-vade′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To escape; to slip away; – sometimes with from.
Evading from perils.”
Bacon.
Unarmed they might
Have easily, as spirits
evaded
swift
By quick contraction or remove.
Milton.
2.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
Syn. – To equivocate; shuffle. See
Prevaricate
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Evade

EVA'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. evado; e and vado, to go.]
1.
To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head.
2.
To avoid or escape by artifice or stratagem; to slip away; to elude. The thief evaded his pursuers.
3.
To elude by subterfuge, sophistry, address or ingenuity. The advocate evades an argument or the force of an argument.
4.
To escape as imperceptible or not to be reached or seized.

EVA'DE

,
Verb.
I.
To escape; to slip away; formerly and properly with from; as, to evade from perils. But from is now seldom used.
1.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry for the purpose of eluding.
The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge in any such ways.

Definition 2024


évadé

évadé

See also: evade and évade

French

Verb

évadé m (feminine singular évadée, masculine plural évadés, feminine plural évadées)

  1. past participle of évader

Adjective

évadé m (feminine singular évadée, masculine plural évadés, feminine plural évadées)

  1. escaped

Noun

évadé m (plural évadés, feminine évadée)

  1. escapee, evader