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evadest

evadest is the second-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

Origin of evadest

evade + -est

Questions about evadest

What is evadest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Evadest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of evade.

Words near evadest in the dictionary

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

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