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Definition of Escape
Es`cape´ | v. t. | 1. | To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. | | 2. | To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention. | | v. i. | 1. | To flee, and become secure from danger; - often followed by from or out of. | | 2. | To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. | | 3. | To get free from that which confines or holds; - used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors. | | n. | 1. | The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape. | | 2. | That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. | | 3. | A sally. | | 4. | (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. | | 5. | (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation. | | 5. | (Arch.) An apophyge. | | 6. | Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. | | 7. | (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. |
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