Definition of escape

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Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..

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Theftbote :: Theftbote (n.) The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment..
Outdream :: Outdream (v. t.) To pass, or escape, while dreaming..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..
Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..
Effect :: Effect (n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects..
Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically..
Effusion :: Effusion (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface..
Pour :: Pour (v. t.) To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..
Ooze :: Ooze (n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out..
Vent :: Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent..
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Rejuvenescence :: Rejuvenescence (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc..
Scapement :: Scapement (v.) Same as Escapement, 3..
Elusive :: Elusive (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee..
Barely :: Barely (adv.) But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped..
Scape :: Scape (n.) Means of escape; evasion.
Thrombus :: Thrombus (n.) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells..
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