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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.Definition 2025
elude
elude
English
Verb
elude (third-person singular simple present eludes, present participle eluding, simple past and past participle eluded)
- (transitive) To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 26.
- Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 26.
- (transitive) To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.
- (transitive) To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.
Related terms
Translations
to evade
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