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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Escape \Es*cape"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow.
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