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Elude
Pronunciation : E*lude"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. ?luder. See Ludicrous.]
Definition : Defn: To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.
Syn. -- To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.
t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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