1816 E. Malone in J. Boswell II. 358 (note) [Quoting E. Malone, an. 1775] This celebrated Epitaph..has eluded a very diligent enquiry.
1860 J. Tyndall ii. §3. 243 The total absorption being so small as to elude even Melloni's delicate tests.
1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait vi. §177. 181 So infinitesimally small as to elude our observation.