| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Elude.[Websters]
2. To be embroidered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have sidestepped, obviated or bypassed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have averted or excluded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have saved, evaded or spared. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have attended or bedizened. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have flinched, resigned or departed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have absconded or scooted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have slipped, missed or removed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have prevaricated or shuffled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb elude.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (elude) | 1. Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police".[Wordnet]. 2. Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me".[Wordnet]. 3. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: eluding, eluded, eludes, eluder, eluders, eludingly and eludedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ELUDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Specialty Definition: elude
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] verb forms lusi, lusum; and this may be the Heb. to deride.. | 2: [Verb] 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.. | 3: [Verb] To mock by an unexpected escape. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then,hid in shades, eludes her eager swain.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill. 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 26. Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it. (references) | 3: [Verb] (transitive) To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip. (references) |
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