EVADE (2)

E‐vade″, v. t. 1. 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. 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.