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† atˈscape, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. at- prefix2 + scape, aphetized form of ascape, escape; after atflee, atrin, atslip, etc.] To escape.c 1300 in Wright Lyric P. xxxv. 75 Iesu..do thou me, Atscapen peyne ant come to the.
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ascape
† aˈscape, v. Obs. Also askape. [The common form of escape in ME., found down to 1523, due to phonetic levelling of proclitic ĕ- and ă-: see a- prefix 9. AFr. itself had occas. ascaper for escaper. Already in 13th c. it was aphetized to scape, in common use in all ages, and still a poetic form, thou...
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escape
▪ I. escape, n.1 (ɪˈskeɪp) Also 4–5 eschap(e. [f. escape v.; cf. OF. eschap (perh. the source in 14th c.), Sp. escape.] 1. a. The action of escaping, or the fact of having escaped, from custody, danger, etc.; spec. in Law: see quot. 1641.α c 1300 K. Alis. 4287 For that eschape they beon anoyed sore....
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at-
▪ I. at-, prefix1 [:—OE. æt-.] The preposition at in composition, with force of ‘at, close to, to’; frequent in OE., and retained in some words in ME., as at-stand(en to stand close to, ‘adstare,’ at-rech(en to reach to, get at, at-fore(n before, at-hind(en behind. In the oldest Eng. the prefix was ...
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