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elude
(/I/'l/u/d )

verb (v)

  • escape, either physically or mentally(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The thief eluded the police.
    Synonym:
    bilk, evade
    source: wordnet30
  • be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by(verb.stative)
    Example:
    What you are seeing in him eludes me.
    Synonym:
    escape
    source: wordnet30
  • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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