Evade Definition

ĭ-vād

evaded, evades, evading

verb

evaded, evades, evading

To escape; get away.

Webster's New World

To avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness; elude.

To evade a pursuer.

Webster's New World

To avoid doing or answering directly; get around; get out of.

To evade a question, to evade payment of a tax.

Webster's New World

To avoid complying with or fulfilling.

Evade the draft; evaded any legal responsibility.

American Heritage

To fail to make payment of (taxes).

American Heritage

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Origin of Evade

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade.

From Wiktionary
French évader from Latin ēvādere ē-, ex- ex- vādere to go

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition