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elude

verb
/ɪˈljuːd//ɪˈlud/US/ɪˈluːd/CA

Etymology

From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).

  1. derived from ēlūdō — “to evade, elude”

Definitions

  1. To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

    • Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.
    • The line continued in operation until about 1908, but the precise date of closure has eluded research.
    • It leaves City still searching for the Champions League, the trophy that has always eluded them

  2. To shake off (a pursuer)

    To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.

    • Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.

  3. To escape being understandable to

    To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.

    • I get algebra, but calculus eludes me.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.

      • The solution of that brainteaser eludes me and the name of the author eludes my memory too.

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Derived

eluder, eludible

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at elude. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01elude02skill03propriety04owned05specified06thoroughly07thorough08detail09escape

A definitional loop anchored at elude. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at elude

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA