elude

IPA: ɪɫˈud

(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
(transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
(transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
(transitive) To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.

Examples of "elude" in Sentences

The logic of the concluding paragraph seems to elude me.
The correct definition and use of the word elude has eluded 10:59 pm Anon.
How is it that this unconditional love continues to elude us, generation after generation?
And I seem to remember several books with Conan Doyle as the detective though the titles elude me.
Jim loves to blog anonymously about himself. he should learn how to spell "elude" in a press release.
The law allows such individuals to be picked up if they might flee or elude a subpoena for testimony.
Over the years we have seen this title elude some of the sport's greatest players (McEnroe, Sampras, Edberg, Becker, Federer to name a few).
Besides I was ready to supply the want of money by an increase of bodily privations and exertions, to elude which is the principal motive for spending money in travels of this sort.
Unfortunately, at this point you might also be feeling the beginnings of your resistance to sticking to your resolutions and asking yourself why discipline and willpower seem to elude you.