Crossword clues for eluded
eluded
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. 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.
Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain.
--Pope.
The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a
gradual process of which the stages elude close
definition.
--Tylor.
Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: elude)
Usage examples of "eluded".
This artful people has eluded the tyranny of the Turkish bashaws, by an expedient which alleviates their servitude and aggravates their shame.
The main question, the divine origin of the religion, is dexterously eluded or speciously conceded.
The latter, a crafty and corrupt statesman, declining to assume a responsible part on this dangerous occasion, eluded the pressing and repeated invitations of Julian, who represented to him, that in every important measure, the presence of the praefect was indispensable in the council of the prince.
Yet there is reason to imagine, that the violence of zeal and revenge was, in some measure, eluded by the want of resistance.
When every resource, either of force or perfidy, was exhausted, Stoza, with some desperate Vandals, retired to the wilds of Mauritania, obtained the daughter of a Barbarian prince, and eluded the pursuit of his enemies, by the report of his death.
The Moors, ^3 though ignorant of justice, were impatient of oppression: their vagrant life and boundless wilderness disappointed the arms, and eluded the chains, of a conqueror.
His indignation against a rebel who had long eluded his pursuit, provoked him to wish and to pray, that, by the grace of God, he might drive three arrows into the head of Chrysochir.
The weight and moderation of Abu Taleb eluded the violence of religious faction.
His two younger brothers, Saffah ^* and Almansor, eluded the search of the tyrant, and lay concealed at Cufa, till the zeal of the people and the approach of his Eastern friends allowed them to expose their persons to the impatient public.
The reasons, the offers, and the demands, of Andronicus were eluded with cold and stately indifference.
Yet the experience and authority of Manuel preserved the peace, and eluded the council.
Frequently the LEO commissioner was interrupted in his viewing to initial warrants, but the main meat of the Incident eluded all.
Damia had been so intent on catching one or the other and all had eluded her until she'd collapsed in fatigue.
Dismayed, she kept a light touch on him, but Rojer, although only twelve now, was clever and eluded her.
Killashandra was not the only one to catch that nuance, which apparently eluded its intended target.