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Synonyms
e·vade (ĭ-vād́)

[French évader, from Latin ēvādere, ē-, ex-, ex-, + vādere, to go.]

verb: e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing, e·vades. 

transitive verb 

  1. To escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit: evade arrest.
    1. To avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing: evade responsibility. See synonyms at escape
    2. To fail to make payment of (taxes).
  3. To avoid giving a direct answer to.
  4. To baffle or elude: The accident evades explanation.

intransitive verb 

  1. To practice evasion.
  2. To use cleverness or deceit in avoiding or escaping.

derivatives

e·vad́a·ble
adjective
e·vad́er
noun