ELUDE

hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep

(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); “He dodged the issue”; “she skirted the problem”; “They tend to evade their responsibilities”; “he evaded the questions skillfully”

elude, evade, bilk

(verb) escape, either physically or mentally; “The thief eluded the police”; “This difficult idea seems to evade her”; “The event evades explanation”

elude, escape

(verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; “What you are seeing in him eludes me”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

elude (third-person singular simple present eludes, present participle eluding, simple past and past participle eluded)

(transitive) to evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill

(transitive) to shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip

(transitive) to escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to

Anagrams

• Deuel

Source: Wiktionary

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E*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] Etym: [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See Ludicrous.]

Definition: To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.

Syn.

– To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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