Elude
[ɪ'l(j)uːd] or [ɪ'lud]
Definition
(verb.) escape, either physically or mentally; 'The thief eluded the police'; 'This difficult idea seems to evade her'; 'The event evades explanation'.
(verb.) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; 'What you are seeing in him eludes me'.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Escape, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away from.[2]. Baffle, frustrate, foil, disconcert, disappoint, BILK.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Escape, avoid, baffle, shun, eschew, evade, parry, fence, mock, frustrate
ANT:Encounter, meet, confront, court, dare, defy
Editor: Maureen
Definition
v.t. to escape by stratagem: to baffle.—adj. Elū′dible.—n. Elū′sion act of eluding: evasion.—adj. Elū′sive practising elusion: deceptive.—adv. Elū′sively.—n. Elū′soriness.—adj. Elū′sory tending to elude or cheat: evasive: deceitful.
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Examples
- But I was afraid that the enemy would find means of moving, elude Thomas and manage to get north of the Cumberland River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had dared and baffled his fury; I must elude his sorrow: I retired to the door. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The old man saw him coming, and vainly strove to elude his grasp. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The difficulties, that occur to us, in supposing a moral obligation to attend promises, we either surmount or elude. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The other object, to elude pursuit and to be lost. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In vain would we endeavour to elude this hypothesis. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He knew that if she did not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it amused him to think of putting her skill to the test. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He easily eluded me, and said, Be calm! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He waited, but she had eluded him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I darted towards the spot from which the sound proceeded; but the devil eluded my grasp. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The man dressed like a mechanic has eluded all inquiries. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is not surprising, therefore, that these subtle rays should have so long eluded the observation of the scientist. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These questions are decisive, and must not be eluded. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Every particle eludes the grasp by a new fraction; like quicksilver, when we endeavour to seize it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In this way he came very near succeeding in getting to his provision trains and eluding us with at least part of his army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If it were not for Fanny, who knows we are here, I should find pleasure in dodging and eluding him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He saw no way of eluding Featherstone's stupid demand without incurring consequences which he liked less even than the task of fulfilling it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I can imagine only one way of eluding this argument, which is by denying that uniformity of human actions, on which it is founded. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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