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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
eluding
    n 1: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn:
         slip, elusion, eluding]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F.
   ['e]luder. See Ludicrous.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
         Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
        [1913 Webster]

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