Bible Dictionaries
Elude

Webster's Dictionary

(v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elude'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/elude.html. 1828.