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ELUDE DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found


Websters 1828 Dictionary

Elude ELU'DE, v.t. [L. eludo; e and ludo, to play. The Latin
verb forms lusi, lusum; and this may be the Heb. to deride.
1. To escape; to evade; to avoid by artifice, stratagem, wiles, deceit, or dexterity; as, to elude an enemy; to elude the sight; to elude an officer; to elude detection; to elude vigilance; to elude the force of an argument; to elude a blow or stroke.
2. To mock by an unexpected escape.
Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes her eager swain.

3. To escape being seen; to remain unseen or undiscovered. The cause of magnetism has hitherto eluded the researches of philosophers.


WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

elude v 1: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk] 2: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: elude, escape] 3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]




Anagrams

elude deuel

English Etymology Dictionary

elude 1538, "delude, make a fool of," from L. eludere "escape from, make a fool of, win from at play," from ex- "out, away" + ludere "to play." Sense of "evade" is first recorded 1612. Elusive first attested 1725.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

elude transitive verb (eluded; eluding) Etymology: Latin eludere, from e- + ludere to play — more at ludicrous Date: 1667 1. to avoid adroitly ; evade <the mice eluded the traps> <managed to elude capture> 2. to escape the perception, understanding, or grasp of <subtlety simply eludes them> <victory continued to elude us> 3. defy 4 <it eludes explanation> Synonyms: see escape

Oxford English Reference Dictionary

elude
v.tr.
1 escape adroitly from (a danger, difficulty, pursuer, etc.); dodge.
2 avoid compliance with (a law, request, etc.) or fulfilment of (an obligation).
3 (of a fact, solution, etc.) escape from or baffle (a person's memory or understanding).
Derivatives:
elusion n. elusory adj.
Etymology: L eludere elus- (as E-, ludere play)


Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary

elude (eludes, eluding, eluded) 1. If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long. VERB: no passive, V n 2. If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. He eluded the police for 13 years. VERB: V n 3. If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. The appropriate word eluded him. = escape VERB: no passive, V n

English Explanatory Dictionary

elude ɪˈlu:d v.tr. 1 escape adroitly from (a danger, difficulty, pursuer, etc.); dodge. 2 avoid compliance with (a law, request, etc.) or fulfilment of (an obligation). 3 (of a fact, solution, etc.) escape from or baffle (a person's memory or understanding). øøelusion n. elusory adj. [L eludere elus- (as E-, ludere play)]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms

elude v. a. 1. Escape, evade, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away from, slip from, slip away from. 2. Baffle, frustrate, foil, balk, thwart, disconcert, disappoint, escape (notice or inquiry), remain concealed from.

English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms)

elude ɪˈlu:d v. 1 evade, escape, avoid, dodge, slip away from, Colloq duck, give the slip, shake off: The suspect has eluded the police for a year. 2 evade, escape; baffle, puzzle, confuse, bewilder, confound; frustrate, stump, thwart: The point of your argument eludes me.

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

80 Moby Thesaurus words for "elude": avoid, baffle, balk, beg, bewilder, bilk, blast, brave, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, deceive, defeat, defy, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, disrupt, ditch, dodge, double, duck, escape, eschew, evade, flee, flummox, fly, foil, frustrate, get around, get away from, get out of, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, knock the chocks, nonplus, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pass the buck, perplex, puzzle, ruin, sabotage, scotch, shake, shake off, shuffle out of, shun, shy, skirt, spike, spoil, stonewall, stump, thwart, upset, victimize


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