Main Entry: 1es·cape
Pronunciation: is-'kAp, es-, dial iks-'kAp
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): es·caped; es·cap·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old North French escaper, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin ex- + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak
intransitive senses
1 a : to get away (as by flight) <escaped from prison> b : to issue from confinement <gas is escaping> c of a plant : to run wild from cultivation

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