evade

Etymology

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade.

verb

1. (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
   He evaded his opponent's blows.
   The robbers evaded the police.
   to evade the force of an argument
   The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. 1847, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord
   “Evading” is moving through ground occupied by an opponent without trying to knock him down. You can attempt this as part of any maneuver that allows movement, provided you can move fast enough to go past your foe – not just up to him. 2004, “Moving Through Other Characters”, in GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns, page 368
   If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p. B368) and you have a melee weapon that can parry, you may roll against weapon skill instead of DX in the Contest. You keep him from evading if you win or tie 2007, “Obstruction”, in GURPS Martial Arts, page 106
2. (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
3. (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.