·vt To Escape; to slip away;
— sometimes with from.
II. Evade ·vt To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
III. Evade ·vt 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.