DODGED
Verb
dodged
simple past tense and past participle of dodge
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Source: Wiktionary
DODGE
Dodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] Etym:
[Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]
1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift
place by a sudden start. Milton.
2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use
tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. Milton.
Dodge, v. t.
1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside;
as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge
responsibility. [Colloq.] S. G. Goodrich.
3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
Coleridge.
Dodge, n.
Definition: The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting
aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning
trick; an artifice. [Colloq.]
Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by
which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be
permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since
the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition