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verb (used with object), e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing. to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture.
to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of: The answer eludes me.
Origin of elude First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ēlūdere “to deceive, evade,” equivalent to ē- “from, out of” + lūdere “to play, deceive”; see e-1
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synonym study for elude 1 . See escape.
OTHER WORDS FROM elude e·lud·er, noun un·e·lud·ed, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH elude allowed, allude, aloud, elude Words nearby elude eluant, Éluard, eluate, elucidate, elucubrate, elude , eluent, Elul, Elura, elusion, elusive
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Example sentences from the Web for elude Elsewhere, she tells her inamorata, “It does not matter if you elude my arms/my dear, when thought alone can imprison you.”
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Beautiful, daring and smart, Sophie managed to elude arrest on many occasions.
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But Shailene Woodley, both onscreen and off, seems to elude quick characterization.
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They would have assumed that they needed to get far out over an ocean to elude that.
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They constantly move him from place to place, hoping to elude any U.S. efforts to find him, Hanif says.
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Though so refined as to elude the force of material remedies, some may however think that it may be reasoned with.
Observations on Madness and Melancholy | John Haslam
The things might have been alive and spiteful, so persistently did they elude every wile.
Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma | George Norway
It answers to the impatient need of man to explain at once things which elude his comprehension.
The Churches and Modern Thought | Philip Vivian
Hewson had not been able, when she touched upon this point, to elude the keen eye with which she read his silent thought.
Questionable Shapes | William Dean Howells
He managed to elude his fellow-countrymen as it happened, but it was "touch-and-go" with him.
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British Dictionary definitions for elude verb (tr) to escape or avoid (capture, one's pursuers, etc), esp by cunning
to avoid fulfilment of (a responsibility, obligation, etc); evade
to escape discovery, or understanding by; baffle the solution eluded her
Derived forms of elude eluder , noun elusion (ɪˈluːʒən ), noun Word Origin for elude C16: from Latin ēlūdere to deceive, from lūdere to play
usage for elude Elude is sometimes wrongly used where allude is meant: he was alluding (not eluding ) to his previous visit to the city
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