Eluded

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eluded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Eluding}.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F.
     ['e]luder. See {Ludicrous}.]
     To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to
     escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected
     escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude


     detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force
     of an argument or a blow.
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           Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
           Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. --Pope.
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           The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a
           gradual process of which the stages elude close
           definition.                              --Tylor.
  
     Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock;
          baffle; frustrate; foil.
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