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evades

evades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of evade.

Meaning of evade

Verb

evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)

  1. (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
    • He evaded his opponent's blows.
  2. (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
    • Evading from perils.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
  3. (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
    • The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Questions about evades

What is evades the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Evades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of evade.

Words near evades in the dictionary

  1. evaded
  2. evadee
  3. evadees
  4. evader
  5. evaders
  6. evades
  7. evadest
  8. evadeth
  9. evadible
  10. evading
  11. evadingly

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