What does evade mean?
Definitions for evade
ɪˈveɪdevade
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word evade.
Princeton's WordNet
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb
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, bilkverb
escape, either physically or mentally
"The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
evadeverb
practice evasion
"This man always hesitates and evades"
evadeverb
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
"The con man always evades"
Wiktionary
evadeverb
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. Richard Chenevix Trench.
evadeverb
To escape; to slip away; sometimes with from.
evadeverb
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 any of these ... ways. Robert South.
Etymology: From evado, from e + vado: compare French évader. See wade.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To EVADEverb
Etymology: evado, Latin.
In this point charge him home, that he affects
Tyrannick power: if he evade us there,
Inforce him with his envy to the people. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Or, if thou covet death, as utmost end
Of misery, so thinking to evade
The penalty pronounc’d, doubt not but God
Hath wiselier arm’d his vengeful ire, than so
To be forestall’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 1021.He might evade the accomplishment of these afflictions he now gradually endureth. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i.
Our question thou evad’st; how did’st thou dare
To break hell bounds? John Dryden, State of Innocence.My argument evidently overthrows all that he brings to evade the testimonies of the fathers. Edward Stillingfleet.
We have seen how a contingent event baffles man’s knowledge, and evades his power. Robert South, Sermons.
To Evadeverb
His wisdom, by often evading from perils, was turned rather into a dexterity to deliver himself from dangers, than into a providence to prevent. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Unarm’d they might
Have easily, as spirits, evaded swift
By quick contraction, or remove. John Milton, Paradise Lost.The ministers of God are not to evade or take refuge in any of these two forementioned ways. Robert South, Sermons.
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evade
To evade is to deliberately avoid or escape from something, often by using skill, cleverness, or deceit. This can refer to evading a physical threat or danger, a responsibility or obligation, a question, or even a law or regulation.
Webster Dictionary
Evadeverb
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
Evadeverb
to escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from
Evadeverb
to attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding
Etymology: [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'vader. See Wade.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Evade
e-vād′, v.t. to escape or avoid artfully: to baffle. [L. evadĕre—e, out, vadĕre, to go.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of evade in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of evade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of evade in a Sentence
Some of these lineages that have already evolved to evade, at least, natural immunity. Still, they are not able to evade a vaccine - produced immunity.
You can evade life, but you can not evade Death.
Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 1966:
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes.
PCH is a straight road. There's no place to go to evade, being a celebrity, he's often followed by the paparazzi and he's aware of that. He was on his way home, and they happen to know his route.
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