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  • 121Escape — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Escape >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 escape escape scape Sgm: N 1 avolation| avolation| elopement flight Sgm: N 1 evasion evasion &c.(avoidance) 623 Sgm: N 1 retreat retreat Sgm …

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  • 122eludir — Se conjuga como: partir Infinitivo: Gerundio: Participio: eludir eludiendo eludido     Indicativo   presente imperfecto pretérito futuro condicional yo tú él, ella, Ud. nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, Uds. eludo eludes elude eludimos eludís… …

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  • 123illusion — [14] The notion of ‘play’ is at the etymological heart of illusion (as indeed of its close relatives allusion [16], delusion [15], and elude [16]). It came via Old French from Latin illūsiō, a derivative of illūdere ‘make fun of’. This was a… …

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  • 124elusion — 1540s, noun of action from ELUDE (Cf. elude), or from M.L. elusionem (nom. elusio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. eludere …

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  • 125elusive — 1719, from L. elus , pp. stem of eludere (see ELUDE (Cf. elude)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Elusiveness …

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  • 126elution — 1610s, from L. elutionem, noun of action from eluere (see ELUDE (Cf. elude)) …

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  • 127evade — I. v. a. 1. Elude, escape, escape from, steal away from, get away from (by artifice). 2. Avoid, shun, decline. 3. Surpass (one s powers), baffle, foil, elude. II. v. n. Equivocate, shuffle, fence, quibble, dodge, prevaricate, palter …

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  • 128escape — 1. verb 1) he escaped from prison Syn: run away/off, get out, break out, break free, make a break for it, bolt, flee, take flight, make off, take off, abscond, take to one s heels, make one s getaway, make a run for it; disappear, vanish …

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