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eluded

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[ih-loo-did] / ɪˈlu dɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of elude.

Etymology

Origin of eluded

elude ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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How, then, had Hector his impending fate Eluded, had not Phœbus, at his last,235 Last effort meeting him, his strength restored, And wing'd for flight his agile limbs anew?

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

The Vánar spy has passed the gate Of Lanká long inviolate, Eluded watch and ward, and seen With his bold eyes the captive queen.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

It stole upon me hers was a face I knew; Yet when, or how, I had known it, for a while Eluded me.

From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

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