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evade 
  vb mainly tr 
1 to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc.); escape 
2 to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc.) 
3 also intr to avoid answering (a question) 
  (C16: from French évader, from Latin evadere to go forth, from vadere to go) 
♦  evadable  adj 
♦  evader  n 
♦  evadingly  adv 

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