The origin of a word is called its etymology. Elude comes from the Latin word ludere, to play. The connection with play is to trick or to baffle, or to avoid by being sly, or through cunning or artifice. Elude is related to the word ludicrous.
(To elude means to evade or escape from, or to escape understanding intellectually)The suspect eluded the police and fled to Brazil.David looked all over for his cat, but she eluded him.The concepts of trigonometry have eluded many high school students over the years.
I managed to elude capture. Her name eluded me. I basically means escape.
puzzled, baffled, stumped, escaped, avoided, foiled, confounded
The criminal eluded the police for several days until he finally accepted his fait and turned himself in.
The verb form is to elude (eludes, eluding, eluded).
Eluded means managed to avoid. Here are some sentences.He eluded capture for months.The deer eluded the hunters.I was happy when the antelope eluded the lion.
The two men eluded the police for six weeks. He was extremely tired but sleep eluded him.
I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind but it eluded me.
same as evade
(To elude means to evade or escape from, or to escape understanding intellectually)The suspect eluded the police and fled to Brazil.David looked all over for his cat, but she eluded him.The concepts of trigonometry have eluded many high school students over the years.
of Elude
The answer to that mystery eluded me for many years until one day my cousin told me what had happened that day.
They take you to jail.
stay away from
to fade or escape from
I managed to elude capture. Her name eluded me. I basically means escape.
Sleep eluded me on gossamer wings.