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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Escape \Es*cape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr & vb
n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen OF escaper,
eschaper, F. echapper fr LL ex cappa out of one's cape or
cloak; hence to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d
{Cape}, and cf {Scape}, v.]
1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from to
shun; to obtain security from as to escape danger.
``Sailors that escaped the wreck.'' --Shak.
2. To avoid the notice of to pass unobserved by to evade;
as the fact escaped our attention.
They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow.
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