[evade] vb evad.ed ; evad.ing [MF & L; MF evader, fr. L evadere, fr. e- + vadere to go, walk--more at wade] vi (1513) 1: to slip away
2: to take refuge in evasion ~ vt 1: to elude by dexterity or stratagem
2. a: to avoid facing up to "evaded the real issues" b: to avoid the performance of: dodge, circumvent; esp: to fail to pay (taxes) c: to avoid answering directly: turn aside
3: to be elusive to: baffle "the simple, personal meaning evaded them --C. D. Lewis" syn see escape -- evad.able adj -- evad.er n