eludo

Meaning

  1. (conjugation-3, intransitive, rare) to finish play, cease to sport
  2. (broadly, conjugation-3, transitive) to deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude
  3. (broadly, conjugation-3, transitive) to escape, avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude, foil
  4. (broadly, conjugation-3, transitive) to mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of
  5. (conjugation-3, transitive) to elude or parry an enemy's blow

Opposite of
dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō
Pronounced as (IPA)
[eːˈɫuː.doː]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *eksloidō. By surface analysis, ē (“out of”) + lūdō (“play; trick”).

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