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elude
verb
(
elud, ing
)
(
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. § 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 or avoid it.
(
transitive
) To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.
(
transitive
) To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.
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