evade

verb

Etymology: From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

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

   “He evaded his opponent's blows.”

   “The robbers evaded the police.”

2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

   “Evading from perils.”

   “Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.”

3. 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.”