Escaping

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade;
        as, the fact escaped our attention.
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              They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow.
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