Definition of escape

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Escape (n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody..

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Scape :: Scape (n.) An escape.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.
Ooze :: Ooze (n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out..
Escaped :: Escaped (imp. & p. p.) of Escap.
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid..
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..
Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention..
Riddance :: Riddance (n.) The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape.
Escape :: Escape (n.) An apophyge.
Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow..
Breasting :: Breasting (n.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel..
Evaporate :: Evaporate (v. t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation..
Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense..
So :: So (adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape..
Femerell :: Femerell (n.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke..
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..
Evaporate :: Evaporate (v. t.) To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible..
Inevitably :: Inevitably (adv.) Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.
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