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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French escaper, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from [[Latin]] ex- + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak
For the sense, Diez compares Gr. εκδυεσθαι to put off one's [[clothes]], to escape
The earliest [[forms]] [[recorded]] in Eng. appear to be ASCAPE (after the ONF. variant ascaper) and the aphetic SCAPE, which occur in 13th c.; the former [[survived]] until 16th c.; the latter continued in ordinary use until 17th c., and as a [[poetic]] archaism (often [[written]] 'scape) is still employed. In 14th c. the forms of Central Fr. [[origin]], eschape, ASCHAPE, ACHAPE, aphetically SCHAPE, CHAPE, are of frequent occurrence, esp. in northern [[writers]], while in southern use the [[forms]] from Northern Fr., escape, ASCAPE, SCAPE, were more common. After 15th c. the former type is found only in Sc. writers, finally disappearing in 17th c. The forms ATSCAPE, OFSCAPE, occasional in 13-14th c., appear to be due to a [[confusion]] of the initial a- in ascape with the prepositional prefix in synonymous Eng. vbs.
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : to get away (as by flight) <escaped from prison>
:b : to issue from confinement <[[gas]] is escaping>
:c of a [[plant]] : to run wild from cultivation
2 : to avoid a threatening [[evil]] <the boat sank but the crew escaped>
==Description==
Escapology is the [[practice]] of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also called escape [[artists]]) escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks and other perils, often in combination.
Some escapologists' tricks are accomplished by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(illusion) illusionists]' [[techniques]]; others are genuine [[acts]] of [[flexibility]], [[strength]] and [[Courage|daring]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French escaper, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from [[Latin]] ex- + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak
For the sense, Diez compares Gr. εκδυεσθαι to put off one's [[clothes]], to escape
The earliest [[forms]] [[recorded]] in Eng. appear to be ASCAPE (after the ONF. variant ascaper) and the aphetic SCAPE, which occur in 13th c.; the former [[survived]] until 16th c.; the latter continued in ordinary use until 17th c., and as a [[poetic]] archaism (often [[written]] 'scape) is still employed. In 14th c. the forms of Central Fr. [[origin]], eschape, ASCHAPE, ACHAPE, aphetically SCHAPE, CHAPE, are of frequent occurrence, esp. in northern [[writers]], while in southern use the [[forms]] from Northern Fr., escape, ASCAPE, SCAPE, were more common. After 15th c. the former type is found only in Sc. writers, finally disappearing in 17th c. The forms ATSCAPE, OFSCAPE, occasional in 13-14th c., appear to be due to a [[confusion]] of the initial a- in ascape with the prepositional prefix in synonymous Eng. vbs.
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : to get away (as by flight) <escaped from prison>
:b : to issue from confinement <[[gas]] is escaping>
:c of a [[plant]] : to run wild from cultivation
2 : to avoid a threatening [[evil]] <the boat sank but the crew escaped>
==Description==
Escapology is the [[practice]] of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also called escape [[artists]]) escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks and other perils, often in combination.
Some escapologists' tricks are accomplished by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(illusion) illusionists]' [[techniques]]; others are genuine [[acts]] of [[flexibility]], [[strength]] and [[Courage|daring]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
