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elusion

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Elusion was a female R&B group that consisted of two separate sets of identical twin sisters, Tamica and Tanya Johnson, and Michelle and Marie Harris. They only released one album as a group, Think About It in 1998. Michelle and Marie were born in San Diego, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"deception, escape by artifice or deceit," 1540s, noun of action from elude , or from Medieval Latin elusionem (nominative elusio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin eludere .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elusion \E*lu"sion\, n. [LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See Elude .] Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of eludeing.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn: slip , eluding ]

Usage examples of elusion.

This being got off hand (which will be in a few days) the chicaneries and vexations of the farmers on the article of tobacco, and their elusions of the order of Bernis, call for the next attention.