English

Verb

evade ‎(third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)

1. 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.

2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

   Evading from perils. — Francis Bacon.

   Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove. — John Milton.

3. 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.

Synonyms

• equivocate
• shuffle
• dodge

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• prevaricate

Italian

Verb

evade

1. third-person singular present indicative of evadere

Latin

Verb

ēvāde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēvādō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -adʒi

Verb

evade

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of evadir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of evadir

Spanish

Verb

evade

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of evadir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of evadir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of evadir.