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   Evade (), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb. n.. Evading.] [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'évader. See Wade.] 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.
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   The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.
   Trench.
   
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   Evade, v. t.
   To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. “Evading from perils.” 
   Bacon.
   
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   Unarmed they might
   Have easily, as spirits evaded swift
   By quick contraction or remove.
   Milton.
   
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   To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
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   The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these . . . ways.
   South.
   Syn. -- To equivocate; shuffle. See Prevaricate.
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