evadev.
/ɪˈveɪd/ 1. † b. In a Latin sense: To ‘turn out’ to be. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To get away, escape: const. from, out of. rare in modern use.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)]
atfareOE
atcomec1220
atstertc1220
atrouta1250
ascape1250
astart1250
atblenchc1275
scapec1275
aschapec1300
fleec1300
ofscapea1325
escapec1330
overfleea1382
to get awaya1400
slipa1400
starta1400
skiftc1440
eschewc1450
withstartec1460
rida1470
chape1489
to flee (one's) touch?1515
evadea1522
betwynde?1534
to make out1558
outscape1562
outslip1600
to come off1630
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. vii. 102 Alls that fled war and evadit, Throu the dyrk nycht.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 661 That he micht nocht avaid out of thair handis.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 21 Gif ȝe wald fra this auenture ewaid.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 245 His Wisdome, by often evading from Perils, was turned rather into a Dexteritie to deliver himselfe from Dangers,..then into a Providence to prevent and remoove them afarre of.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxvi. 403 He was brought to some trouble, but evaded.
1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 345 The serous particles evade Thro' th' open Pores.
1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? v. 33 The ‘three of 'em’, as they were always numerically reproached when..a fowl evaded.
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the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become
yworthOE
worthOE
goOE
becomec1175
come?a1200
waxc1220
charea1225
aworthc1275
makea1300
fallc1300
breedc1325
grow1340
strikea1375
yern1377
entera1382
turna1400
smitec1400
raxa1500
resolvea1500
to get into ——?1510
waxen1540
get1558
prove1560
proceed1578
befall1592
drop1654
evade1677
emerge1699
to turn out1740
to gain into1756
permute1864
slip1864
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 29 Doth it [sc. the soul] not evade altogether happy, being freed from Error?
2. transitive. To escape by contrivance or artifice from (attack, pursuit, adverse designs; an assailant, pursuer, or adversary); to avoid, save oneself from (a threatened evil or inconvenience); to elude (a blow), avoid encountering (an obstacle).
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade
fleec1175
shunc1275
forgoc1305
passc1330
escapea1340
beglidea1350
voidc1380
shuntc1400
missa1522
evade1535
delude1536
to dally out1548
illude1553
prevent1598
outruna1616
to fail of1624
elude1634
subterfugea1643
shoot1685
shift1724
to get out of ——a1817
win by…1816
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 246 No vther wa tha micht evaid his feid.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 2 If he euade vs there. View more context for this quotation
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. ii. 89 You that..knew in your accompts To cheat my brother, if you can, evade me.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi. 48 Hee might evade the accomplishment of those afflictions he now but gradually endureth. View more context for this quotation
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 40 Cæsar foreseeing that the Britans..would easily evade his Foot.
1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 46 The Nymph, her Father's Anger to evade, Now flies from Argos to the Sylvan Shade.
1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 218 Had we lain here..we should have evaded great part of the sickness.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 117 The Crows were not to be evaded.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxvii. 58 He evaded calamity by choosing privation.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 421 The ships evaded the obstacle.
1885 Manch. Examiner 5 May 5/1 A thief could evade capture by slipping out of one parish into another.
3. In various applied or extended uses.
a. To contrive to avoid (doing something); to ‘get out of’ performing (a duty), making (a payment), etc.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [verb (transitive)] > avoid
scuff1595
balk1631
evade1722
shirk1785
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > get out of doing something
evade1722
to get out of ——a1817
to get off ——1835
odds1958
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > render questionable [verb (transitive)] > by evasion
evade1722
1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 153 I always found something or other to say to evade the thing.
1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 139 A design to evade the duties.
1832 H. Martineau Ireland 111 The people have discovered a method of evading the payment.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiv. 265 Henry..desired at first to evade a duty in which he had little interest at any time.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 173 The sheykh evaded translating them.
b. To avoid giving a direct answer to (a question, request, charge); to put off (a questioner); to avoid or shirk the discussion of (an argument, a subject).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)]
evadea1616
whiffle1654
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 13 He, as louing his owne pride and purposes, Euades them..With Epithites of warre. View more context for this quotation
1677 J. Dryden State Innocence iii. i. 22 Our question thou evad'st.
1771 in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxiii. 294 He evades the charge..by..poor, contemptible quibbles.
1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch vi. 70 He evaded all inquiries as to his plans.
a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) viii. 389 We have evaded no known argument and difficulty.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 285 That question the Estates of Scotland could not evade.
1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) xxxi. 437 Difficulties..such as we are bound to meet, and not to attempt to evade.
c. To escape yielding to (an argument, claim, or obligation), admitting (a conclusion), acknowledging (a fact), by means of sophistry.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > argue sophistically [verb (transitive)]
sophistry1563
evade1630
1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 195 For feare our Arminians..should euade its force.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xii. 40 Nor can the demonstrativeness of this reason be eluded or evaded.
1676 E. Stillingfleet Def. Disc. Idolatry i. ii. 318 My Argument..evidently overthrows all that he brings to evade the Testimonies of the Fathers.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vii. 133 Every moral Obligation whatever may be evaded.
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 14 Can this truth be evaded or denied?
1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. iii. 38 Edward endeavoured..to evade the force of the obligation.
d. To defeat the intention of (a law, stipulation, etc.), esp. by specious compliance with its letter.
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society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > be unprincipled in [verb (transitive)] > defeat purpose of by specious compliance
delude1536
elude1709
evade1762
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 64 The same degree of cunning..had taught the knave to evade the former statutes.
1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. v. 217 Few decent Mussulmans openly infringe a prohibition which it is so easy to evade.
1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 285 Processes..adopted for the sake of evading the principle.
1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 25 720 The object of the arrangement..was to evade the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act.
4. absol. or intransitive. To practise evasion.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)]
haft1519
shuffle1565
dodge1575
palter1580
shift1580
hedge1611
boggle1615
subterfuge1622
prevaricatea1625
to shuffle up and down1633
evade1660
sophisticate1664
janka1689
whiffle1737
tongue-twist1836
caffle1851
pussyfoot1902
sidestep1904
spruce1916
to fudge and mudge1980
1660 R. South Interest Deposed 14 The Ministers of God are not to evade, or take refuge in any of these two forementioned wayes.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 429 They evaded, procrastinated, and withheld rather than refused compliance with his desire.
1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 329 He hesitates; he evades.
5. transitive. Of things: To elude, baffle (efforts, vigilance, etc.).
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)]
swikeOE
beguile1483
deludea1513
disappointa1513
dispointa1513
forsake1526
betray1594
mock1600
frustrate1663
evade1692
elude1694
balk1735
to let down1795
slip1890
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 378 A contingent Event baffles man's knowledge, and evades his power.
1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) I. iv. i. 188 These assertions..long evaded refutation.
1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 76 Some offences evade definition.
6. To go out of. Opposed to invade.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > a position, place, or condition
roomc1400
evade1725
vacate1791
1725 in Peter Langtoft's Chron. II. 442 Julius Cæsar having once and againe audaciously envaded, and as shamefully evaded, Britaine.
Derivatives
eˈvader n. one who evades; in the senses of the verb.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > one who escapes > from confinement or the law
fugitive1382
prison breaker1704
evader1754
refugee1754
absentee1803
escapee1875
escapado1881
escapist1934
jackrabbit1980
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > one who escapes > one who evades
fugitive1382
jouker1573
nimble Jack1682
evader1754
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc. > one who
eluder1642
quitter1665
evader1754
buck-passer1933
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. i. 194 The Race is at an End, but the Evader is taken in his Flight.
1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Heath's Bk. Beauty 195 Evader!..glad am I that you have spoken the word.
1883 Ld. Brabazon in 19th Cent. Nov. 802 Laws which can never be evaded without punishment swiftly falling on the head of the evader.
eˈvading n. and adj. also attributive.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition
beflying1340
eschewingc1374
voidinga1398
flight1398
refusing?a1400
avoidinga1513
eschewa1542
eviting1541
umschewing1547
shunning1549
shuffling1579
eschewal1583
avoidance1610
evitation1626
evading1646
avoidal1695
eschewance1842
elusiveness1873
avoidment1882
sidestepping1902
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat
again-chareOE
evitation1626
evasion1657
eviting1707
evading1818
eluding1872
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xi. 206 The wary and evading assertor. View more context for this quotation
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 256 To..leave an evading hole for the Dr. to say, afterwards, etc.
1669 in Magens Insurances (1755) II. 618 For the evading of all Collusion and Suspicion..it is stipulated that, etc.
1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xciii. 43 However, he got off by this evading.
eˈvadingly adv. in an evading manner, evasively.
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1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. vii. 624 Wolf, with bows down to the ground, answered always evadingly.
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