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• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

ESCAPE (in See also:

• MID

mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, See also:

• MODERN

modern echapper, and escaper, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• LAT

Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli  p out of, get away), a verb meaning to get away from, especially from impending danger or harm, to avoid See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture, to regain one's See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty after capture . As a substantive, " See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape," in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, is the regaining of liberty by one in custody contrary to due See also:

• PROCESS

process of law . Such escape may be by force, if out of See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison it is generally known as " prison-See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach " or " prison-breaking," or by the voluntary or negligent See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of the custodian . Where the escape is caused by the force or See also:

• FRAUD (Lat. fraus, deceit)

fraud of others it is termed " See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue " (q.v.) . " Escape " is used in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany of a cultivated plant found growing See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild . The word is also used of a means of escape, e.g . " See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-escape," and of a loss or leakage of See also:

• GAS

gas, current of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity or See also:

• WATER

water .