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  • 51The Elusive Pimpernel (novel) — Infobox Book | name = The Elusive Pimpernel title orig = translator = image caption = 1908 First Edition author = Baroness Orczy illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = subject = genre = Adventure,… …

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  • 52not elusive — index tangible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 53vendite elusive —   Eng. tax selling   Vendite di beni di investimento eseguite al termine del periodo di riferimento per il calcolo dell imposizione fiscale. Al fine di diminuire il livello del reddito soggetto ad imposizione, tali vendite sono effettuate a… …

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  • 54illusory — elusive, illusory The confusion here has been greatly reduced by the virtual disappearance from the scene of the forms elusory and illusive. This leaves elusive as the adjective from elude, meaning ‘difficult to grasp (physically or mentally)’,… …

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  • 55Elusively — Elusive E*lu sive, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. [1913 Webster] Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope.… …

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  • 56Elusiveness — Elusive E*lu sive, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. [1913 Webster] Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope.… …

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  • 57elusively — elusive ► ADJECTIVE 1) difficult to find, catch, or achieve. 2) difficult to remember. DERIVATIVES elusively adverb elusiveness noun. ORIGIN from Latin eludere elude …

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  • 58elusiveness — elusive ► ADJECTIVE 1) difficult to find, catch, or achieve. 2) difficult to remember. DERIVATIVES elusively adverb elusiveness noun. ORIGIN from Latin eludere elude …

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  • 59allusive — elusive, illusive (?) …

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  • 60élusif — élusif, ive [ elyzif, iv ] adj. • 1798; de elusus, supin de eludere « esquiver » ou angl. elusive « fuyant, insaisissable » ♦ Qui élude, esquive. Une réponse élusive. ⇒ évasif. ● élusif, élusive adjectif Littéraire. Qui élude, détourne avec… …

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