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▪ I. scapeless, a.1 Bot.|ˈskeɪplɪs|
[f. scape n.2 + -less.]
Destitute of a scape.
1828–32in Webster.
▪ II. scapeless, a.2|ˈskeɪplɪs|
[f. scape n.1 or v.1 + -less.]
Not to be escaped from; inevitable.
1850Blackie æschylus I. 164 My fate is fixed and scapeless. 1883R. Bridges Prometheus 1227 The scapeless net spread in thy sight around thee.
▪ III. scapeless, a.3|ˈskeɪplɪs|
[f. scape n.4 + -less.]
In the terminology of G. M. Hopkins: lacking scape, without distinctive and individual quality.
1874G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 245 Scapeless aimless background of tapestry, a cannon, and so on. Ibid. 248 The feet not inscaped but with a scapeless look they sometimes no doubt have..and veined too, which further breaks their scaping. |