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To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to
shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. |
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To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade;
as, the fact escaped our attention. |
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To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often
followed by from or out of. |
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To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be
passed without harm. |
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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. |
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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. |
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That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. |
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A sally. |
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The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of
a prisoner's departure from custody. |
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An apophyge. |
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Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. |
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Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires,
caused by defective insulation. |