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evadeth

evadeth 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

Origin of evadeth

evade + -eth

Questions about evadeth

What is evadeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Evadeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of evade.

Words near evadeth in the dictionary

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

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