Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-VADE', v.t. [L. evado; e and vado, to go; Sp. evadir; Fr. evader.]

1. To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head.
2. To avoid or escape by artifice or stratagem; to slip away; to elude. The thief evaded his pursuers.
3. To elude by subterfuge, sophistry, address, or ingenuity. The advocate evades an argument or the force of an argument.
4. To escape as imperceptible or not to be reached or seized. South.