evadev. t.[L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'vader. See Wade.] To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.()The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. (Trench.)v. t.1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.(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.)()