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evade [ih-veyd] Word Origin verb (used with object), e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.

to avoid doing or fulfilling something.
to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.

Origin of evade 1505–15; Latin ēvādere to pass over, go out, equivalent to ē- e-1 + vādere to go, walkRelated formse·vad·a·ble, e·vad·i·ble, adjectivee·vad·er, noune·vad·ing·ly, adverbnon·e·vad·a·ble, adjectivenon·e·vad·i·ble, adjectivenon·e·vad·ing, adjectivenon·e·vad·ing·ly, adverbpre·e·vade, verb (used with object), pre·e·vad·ed, pre·e·vad·ing.un·e·vad·a·ble, adjectiveun·e·vad·ed, adjectiveun·e·vad·i·ble, adjectiveun·e·vad·ing, adjectiveCan be confusedavoid evadeSynonym study 1. See escape. British Dictionary definitions for evadable evade verb (mainly tr)

to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
(also intr) to avoid answering (a question)

Derived Formsevadable, adjectiveevader, nounevadingly, adverbWord Origin for evade C16: from French évader, from Latin ēvādere to go forth, from vādere to go Word Origin and History for evadable evade v.

1510s, “escape,” from Middle French evader, from Latin evadere “to escape, get away,” from ex- “away” (see ex-) + vadere “to go, walk” (see vamoose). Related: Evaded; evading. Special sense of “escape by trickery” is from 1530s.