ESCAPE

I. verb (~d; escaping) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from Latin ex- + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to get away (as by flight) , to issue from confinement , to run wild from cultivation, to avoid a threatening evil , transitive verb to get free of ; break away from , to get or stay out of the way of ; avoid , to fail to be noticed or recallable by , 4. to issue from , to be uttered involuntarily by , ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 14th century an act or instance of escaping: as, flight from confinement, evasion of something undesirable, leakage or outflow especially of a fluid, distraction or relief from routine or reality, a means of ~, a cultivated plant run wild, III. adjective Date: 1817 providing a means of ~ , providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment