E‐vade″, v. t. 1. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from. “Evading from perils.” Bacon.
Unarmed they might
Have easily, as spirits evaded swift
By quick contraction or remove. Milton.
2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these... ways. South.
Syn. — To equivocate; shuffle. See Prevaricate.