Usually means: Escapes understanding or grasp subtly.
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  1. eludes: Merriam-Webster
  2. eludes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. eludes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Eludes, eludes: Wordnik
  5. eludes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. eludes: Wiktionary
  7. eludes: Dictionary.com
  8. eludes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. eludes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. eludes: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (elude)

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