Obs. rare. [ad. L. subterfugĕre (see prec.).]
1. intr. To employ subterfuges.
1637. in Prynne’s Disc. Prel. Tyrr. (1641), II. 95. Upon paine of suspention of the parties offending, or subterfuging.
2. trans. To escape, evade, get out of.
1641. J. Shute, Sarah & Hagar (1649), 59. Jonah had a plot to subterfuge his employment to Nineveh. Ibid. (a. 1643), Judgem. & Mercy (1645), 80. Whatsoever plea he hath before thought of to subterfuge the judgement.
So † Subterfuging ppl. a., employing subterfuges; evasive.
1802. in Ann. Rev. (1803), I. 391/2. No little, narrow policy, will do; no partial meanness, no monopoly, no jobbing business, nor subterfuging tricks of avarice!
