Elude

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  • transitive verb. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: synonym: evade.
  • transitive verb. To escape the memory or understanding of.
  • transitive verb. To be unnattained by.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To avoid by artifice, stratagem, deceit, or dexterity; escape; evade: as, to elude pursuit; to elude a blow or stroke.
  • To remain unseen, undiscovered, or unexplained, by; baffle the inquiry or scrutiny of: as, secrets that elude the keenest search.
  • Synonyms To shun, flee, shirk, dodge, baffle, foil, frustrate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
  • verb. To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.
  • verb. To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  • verb. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
  • verb. escape, either physically or mentally