Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in
         shades, eludes he eager swain.           --Pope.

         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.

Source : WordNet®

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