From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Evade \E*vade"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb.
n.. Evading.] [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go,
walk: cf. F. s'['e]vader. See Wade.]
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.
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The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of
evading the Christian miracles. --Trench.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Evade \E*vade"\, v. t.
1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. "Evading
from perils." --Bacon.
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Unarmed they might
Have easily, as spirits evaded swift
By quick contraction or remove. --Milton.
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2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry,
for the purpose of eluding.
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The ministers of God are not to evade and take
refuge any of these . . . ways. --South.
Syn: To equivocate; shuffle. See Prevaricate.
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