Elude - meaning and definition. What is Elude
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What (who) is Elude - definition


Elude      
·vt 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.
elude      
(eludes, eluding, eluded)
1.
If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it.
At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long.
VERB: no passive, V n
2.
If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them.
He eluded the police for 13 years.
VERB: V n
3.
If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it.
The appropriate word eluded him.
= escape
VERB: no passive, V n
elude      
v. a.
1.
Escape, evade, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away from, slip from, slip away from.
2.
Baffle, frustrate, foil, balk, thwart, disconcert, disappoint, escape (notice or inquiry), remain concealed from.
Examples of use of Elude
1. He saw three slaves elude the netting and jump overboard.
2. The trader used his knowledge of the company‘s control procedures to elude detection, Bouton said.
3. Despite these gains, however, a peaceful and stable life continues to elude Bibi and her granddaughters.
4. The two were arrested after Manard wrecked their car while trying to elude capture.
5. As Treasury secretary, Paulson may be frustrated by long–standing problems that elude solution.