Defn: To struggle out; — with out. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
ELUCTATION
E`luc*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. eluctatio.]
Defn: A struggling out of any difficulty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
ELUCUBRATE E*lu"cu*brate, v. i. Etym: [L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.]
Defn: See Lucubrate. [Obs.] Blount.
ELUCUBRATION
E*lu`cu*bra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élucubration.]
Defn: See Lucubration. [Obs.] Evelyn.
ELUDE
E*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] Etym:
[L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See
Ludicrous.]
Defn: 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.