Evade

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EVADED; p. pr. & vb. n. EVADING.] [Lat. evadere, from e, out, from, and vadere, to go, walk; It. evadere, Sp. evadir, Pr. evazir, Fr. s'evader.] To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.

The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench.

Synonyms—To prevaricate; equivocate; shuffle. See PREVARICATE.

v. i. 1. To escape; to slip away;—often with from; as, to evade from perils. 2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge in any such ways. South.