Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-VADE'
E-VADE', v.t. [L. evado; e and vado, to go; Sp. evadir; Fr. evader.]
- To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head.
- To avoid or escape by artifice or stratagem; to slip away; to elude. The thief evaded his pursuers.
- To elude by subterfuge, sophistry, address, or ingenuity. The advocate evades an argument or the force of an argument.
- To escape as imperceptible or not to be reached or seized. South.
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