escapingn.
/ɪˈskeɪpɪŋ/ The action of escape v. Also attributive.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun]
scapea1300
escapec1300
escapingc1325
scapingc1374
evasiona1464
escapal1634
escapement1824
lam1897
c1325 Coer de L. 2122 The messengers went out ful swythe; Of their escaping they were blithe.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (v. 9) That God should..open him an escaping place.
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Funerall Serm. Countesse of Carbery 14 Such escapings we must reckon to be an extraordinary fortune.
1860 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh (ed. 5) v. 181 The great escapings of ecstatic souls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
escapingadj.
/ɪˈskeɪpɪŋ/ That escapes; in the senses of the verb.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > of something confined
eloping1700
escaping1870
riggish1881
venting1974
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [adjective] > that escapes
escaping1870
1870 Daily News 15 Nov. I have not heard of the escaping English.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 10/1 They were deluged by the escaping water.
Derivatives
eˈscapingly adv. in an escaping manner; evasively.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adverb]
ambiguously1534
equivocally1630
escapinglya1631
equivocatingly1652
bifariously1657
equivocally1660
amphibologically1755
mealy-mouthedly1838
a1631 J. Donne Paradoxes (1652) sig. D8 To speake oraculously, whisperingly, generally, and therefore escapingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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