elude

Etymology

From Latin ēlūdō (“evade, elude”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + lūdō (“play; trick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈluːd/

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Verb

elude (third-person singular simple present eludes, present participle eluding, simple past and past participle eluded)

1. (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 elude or avoid it.

2. (transitive) To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.
   • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian‎:

     Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.

3. (transitive) To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.

Anagrams

• Deuel

Verb

elude

1. third-person singular present indicative of eludere

Anagrams

• edule

Verb

ēlūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēlūdō

Verb

elude

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of eludir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of eludir.