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Webster 1913 Edition
Elude
E-lude′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Eluded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eluding
.] 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,
Then, hid in shades,
eludes
he eager swain. Pope.
Syn. – To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.
Webster 1828 Edition
Elude
ELU'DE
,Verb.
T.
verb forms lusi, lusum; and this may be the Heb. to deride.
1.
To escape; to evade; to avoid by artifice, stratagem, wiles, deceit, or dexterity; as, to elude an enemy; to elude the sight; to elude an officer; to elude detection; to elude vigilance; to elude the force of an argument; to elude a blow or stroke.2.
To mock by an unexpected escape.Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then,hid in shades, eludes her eager swain.
3.
To escape being seen; to remain unseen or undiscovered. The cause of magnetism has hitherto eluded the researches of philosophers.