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eluding
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Eluding
(gcide) | 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.
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Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. --Pope.
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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.
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eluding
(wn) | eluding
n 1: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn:
slip, elusion, eluding] |
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deluding
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eluding
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Deluding
(gcide) | Delude \De*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deluding.] [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play,
make sport of, mock. See Ludicrous.]
1. To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or
judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a
fool of.
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To delude the nation by an airy phantom. --Burke.
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2. To frustrate or disappoint.
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It deludes thy search. --Dryden.
Syn: To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See
Deceive.
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Preluding
(gcide) | Prelude \Pre*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preluded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Preluding.] [L. praeludere, praelusum; prae before +
ludere to play: cf. F. pr['e]luder. See Ludicrous.]
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory
performance; to serve as prelude.
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The musicians preluded on their instruments. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to
the point. --Jeffrey.
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eluding
(wn) | eluding
n 1: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn:
slip, elusion, eluding] |
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