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<hw>Es*cam"bi*o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>escambium</ets>, <ets>excambium</ets>. See <er>Excamb</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Escapable</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es*cap"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Avoidable.</def>

<h1>Escapade</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es`ca*pade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>escapada</ets> escape, fr. <ets>escapar</ets> to escape; or F., fr. It. <ets>scappata</ets> escape, escapade, fr. <ets>scappare</ets> to escape. see <er>Escape</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Escape</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*cape"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Escaped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Escaping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>escapen</ets>, <ets>eschapen</ets>, OF. <ets>escaper</ets>, <ets>eschaper</ets>, F. <ets>echapper</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>ex cappa</ets> out of one's cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d <er>Cape</er>, and cf. <er>Scape</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; <as>as, to <ex>escape</ex> danger</as>.</def> "Sailors that <i>escaped</i> the wreck."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; <as>as, the fact <ex>escaped</ex> our attention</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>escaped</b> the search of the enemy. <i>Ludlow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Escape</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*cape"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by <i>from</i> or <i>out of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Haste, for thy life <b>escape</b>, nor look behind<?/<?/ <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.</def>

<blockquote>Such heretics . . . would have been thought fortunate, if they <b>escaped</b> with life. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; <as>as, to <ex>escape</ex> from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas <ex>escapes</ex> from the pipes; electricity <ex>escapes</ex> from its conductors.</as></def>

<blockquote>To <b>escape</b> out of these meshes. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Escape</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*cape"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; <as>as, an <ex>escape</ex> in battle; a narrow <ex>escape</ex></as>; also, the means of escape; <as>as, a fire <ex>escape</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>I would hasten my <b>escape</b> from the windy storm. <i>Ps. lv. 8.</i></blockquote>