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From at- + scape (“to escape”), perhaps modelled after Middle English atscheaken ("to escape"; see atshake). More at ascape, escape.
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Today it means: To escape. Full definition →
From at- + scape (“to escape”), perhaps modelled after Middle English atscheaken ("to escape"; see atshake). More at ascape, escape.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.