Elude Definition

ĭ-lo͝od

eluded, eludes, eluding

verb

eluded, eludes, eluding

To avoid or escape from by quickness, cunning, etc.; evade.

Webster's New World

To escape detection, notice, or understanding by.

Webster's New World

To escape recollection by.

His name eludes me.

Webster's New World

To be unnattained by.

Another championship eluded her.

American Heritage

To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.

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Origin of Elude

Latin ēlūdere ē-, ex- ex- lūdere to play (from lūdus play leid- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin ēlūdō (“evade, elude”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + lūdō (“play; trick”).

From Wiktionary