Escape | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Es-cāpe', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ESCAPED (es-kāpt'); p. pr. & vb. n. ESCAPING.] [Sp. & Pg. escapar, Pr. escapar, escampar, It. scappare, scampare, Fr. échaper, O. Fr. eschapper, escamper, probably from O. H. Ger. champf, N. H. Ger. kampf, combat, fight, hence originally to escape from the battle.]

To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way of; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. “Sailors that escaped the wreck.” Shak.
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.

Es-cāpe', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To flee, and become secure from danger; to hasten away; to avoid danger or injury.

Such heretics ... would have thought fortunate, if they escaped with life. Macaulay.

Sense 2. To be passed without harm; to get clear from danger; as, the balls whistled by him, and his comrade fell, but he escaped.

Es-cāpe′, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or restraint; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 7.

Sense 2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight. [Obs.]

I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes. Barton.

Sense 3. (Law.) A violent or private evasion out of some lawful custody or restraint, as when a man is arrested, or is a prisoner, and gets away before he is delivered by due course of law. Wharton.