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evadable

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e⋅vade

  [i-veyd] verb, e⋅vad⋅ed, e⋅vad⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one's pursuers.
2. to get around by trickery: to evade rules.
3. to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation.
4. to avoid answering directly: to evade a question.
5. to elude; escape: The solution evaded him.
–verb (used without object)
6. to practice evasion.
7. to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.
Origin:
1505–15; < L ēvādere to pass over, go out, equiv. to ē- e- + vādere to go, walk

Related forms:
e⋅vad⋅a⋅ble, e⋅vad⋅i⋅ble, adjective
e⋅vad⋅er, noun
e⋅vad⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. avoid, dodge. See escape. 6. prevaricate, equivocate, fence.

Antonyms:
1. face, confront.
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e·vade   (ĭ-vād')   
v.   e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing, e·vades

v.   tr.

  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.

v.   intr.

  1. To practice evasion.

  2. To use cleverness or deceit in avoiding or escaping.


[French évader, from Latin ēvādere : ē-, ex-, ex- + vādere, to go.]
e·vad'a·ble, e·vad'i·ble adj., e·vad'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

evade 
1513, from M.Fr. evader, from L. evadere "to escape, get away," from ex- "away" + vadere "to go, walk" (see vamoose).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: evade
Pronunciation: i-'vAd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: evad·ed; evad·ing
1 : to unlawfully fail to pay (taxes) through fraudulent or deceptive means —compare AVOID
2 : to avoid answering directly evade the question>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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