evaluation (evaluashon)

[ late ML. evaluatio ), Before applying the doctrine of chances to any scientific purpose, the foundation must be laid for an evaluation of evade + -able, -ible.] Capable of being evaded. De Quincey; Cole ridge. evade (e-vad'), v.: pret. and pp. eraded, ppr. erading. [= F. évader = Sp. Pg. eradir = It. evadere, In this point charge him home, that he affects Tyrannical power: If he erade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak ., Cor., iii. 3. Where shall the line be drawn between free Greece and free Bulgaria? It must surely be the frightful difficulty of this question which makes diplomatists so anxious to erade it by leaving an enslaved land between the two. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 226. He seemed always to pursue an enticing shadow, which always just evaded his grasp. C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, p. 9. 2. To escape the reach or comprehension of; baffle or foil: as, a mystery that evades inquiry. We have seen how a contingent event baffles man's knowledge and erades his powers. South . II. in trans. 11. To escape; slip away: with Burton , Anat. of Mel.