ELUDES

Verb

eludes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elude

Anagrams

• leudes

Source: Wiktionary


ELUDE

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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