Meaning

1 senses
  1. (archaic)To escape (someone or something).

Origin

From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by ap

From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper.

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Forms

scapes, scaping, scaped, scaped
Base formscape · to scape
3rd person singularscapes
Present participlescaping
Past simplescaped
Past participlescaped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscape
he, she, itscapes

Past simpleLesson

all personsscaped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scaped
he, she, ithas scaped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scape

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scape — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto