evaded

Variant of evade

evade definition

evade (ē vād′, i-)

intransitive verb evaded evad′·ed, evading evad′·ing

  1. Rare to escape; get away
  2. to be deceitful or clever in avoiding or escaping something; use evasion

Etymology: Fr évader < L evadere < e-, out, from + vadere, to go: see wade

transitive verb

  1. to avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness; elude to evade a pursuer
  2. to avoid doing or answering directly; get around; get out of to evade a question, to evade payment of a tax

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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