Evade

E·vade

Evade

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Evaded

  1. To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; 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.

Evade

v. t.
  1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
    Unarmed they might Have easily, as spirits evaded swift By quick contraction or remove.
  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 any of these . . . ways.