evade

verb

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.”

   “The robbers evaded the police.”

   “to evade the force of an argument”

   “The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.”

   ““Evading” is moving through ground occupied by an opponent without trying to knock him down. You can attempt this as part of any maneuver that allows movement, provided you can move fast enough to go past your foe – not just up to him.”

2. (transitive)To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

   “Evading from perils.”

   “Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.”

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.”