How to Spell escape

escape

escape - verb

  • To get away (as by flight)
  • To issue from confinement
  • To run wild from cultivation
  • To avoid a threatening evil
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"escaped from prison"

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French escaper, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from Latin ex- + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak