Both Uses of
evade
in
Moby Dick
- Wherefore, among whalemen, the spout is deemed poisonous; they try to evade it.†
Chpt 85-87 *
- By the time they have lounged up and down the promenade of the Equator awhile, they start for the Oriental waters in anticipation of the cool season there, and so evade the other excessive temperature of the year.†
Chpt 88-90
Definition:
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(evade as in: evade the enemy) physically avoid or get away from; or: said of something that is hard to obtain