elude

verb

1. escape, either physically or mentally

   verb.motion

   Examples

   The thief eluded the police.

   Synonyms bilk evade

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

   verb.stative

   Examples

   What you are seeing in him eludes me.

   Synonyms escape

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   verb.communication

   Synonyms circumvent dodge duck evade fudge hedge parry put off sidestep skirt

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. 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 <i>elude</i> an officer; to <i>elude</i> detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to <i>elude</i> the force of an argument or a blow.

   verb

   Source: webster1913