e•vade
Pronunciation: (i-vād'), [key] — v., e•vad•ed, e•vad•ing.
—v.t. - to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one's pursuers.
- to get around by trickery: to evade rules.
- to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation.
- to avoid answering directly: to evade a question.
- to elude; escape: The solution evaded him.
—v.i. - to practice evasion.
- to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.
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