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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eluded}; p. pr & vb n. {Eluding}.] [L. eludere elusum e + ludere to play: cf F. ['e]luder. See {Ludicrous}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elude v 1: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to elude me" [syn: {evade}, {bilk}] 2: be incomprehensible to escape understanding by "What you are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: {escape}] 3: avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put off}, {circumvent}, {parry}, {skirt}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}]
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