elude : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: elude	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for elude
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elude v escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" Synonym(s): elude, evade, bilk be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" Synonym(s): elude, escape 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" Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elude \Elude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eluding}.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. [82]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.