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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escape.

Etymologies

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escape +‎ -eth

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Examples

  • As he was following the quarry, he saw an Arab youth pasturing sheep and said to him, “Ho boy, up and after yonder antelope, for it escapeth me!”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Arise then, leave the goddess's shrine, for by thy death this child escapeth his, whereas, if thou refuse to die, I will slay him; for one of you twain must perish.

    Andromache 2007

  • Arise then, leave the goddess's shrine, for by thy death this child escapeth his, whereas, if thou refuse to die, I will slay him; for one of you twain must perish.

    Andromache 2007

  • Chapter 9 1. I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Chapter 9 1. I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

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