Definition of escape

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Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..

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Vent :: Vent (n.) Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
Evaporate :: Evaporate (v. t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation..
Effusion :: Effusion (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface..
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Gas-burner :: Gas-burner (n.) The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
Outloose :: Outloose (n.) A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding..
Air Cock :: Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air.
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid..
Like :: Like (v. i.) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a..
Scapement :: Scapement (v.) Same as Escapement, 3..
Regain :: Regain (v. t.) To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again..
Antefix :: Antefix (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water..
Scapegallows :: Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip..
Elusive :: Elusive (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Transpire :: Transpire (v. i.) To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement..
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
Oversight :: Oversight (n.) Escape from an overlooked peril.
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