The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F.
   ['e]luder. See Ludicrous.]
   To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to
   escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected
   escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude
   detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force
   of an argument or a blow.
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         Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
         Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. --Pope.
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         The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a
         gradual process of which the stages elude close
         definition.                              --Tylor.

   Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock;
        baffle; frustrate; foil.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eluding
    n 1: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn:
         slip, elusion, eluding]