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ELUDING
slip, elusion, eluding
(noun) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
eluding
present participle of elude
Anagrams
• Legundi, dueling, indulge
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. Ă©luder. 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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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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