SCAPES

Noun

scapes

plural of scape

Verb

scapes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scape

Anagrams

• Spaces, spaces

Source: Wiktionary

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SCAPE

Scape, n. Etym: [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. scape. Cf. Scepter.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.

3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.

Scape, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.] Etym: [Aphetic form of escape.]

Definition: To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. Chaucer.

Scape, n.

1. An escape. [Obs.] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. Shak.

2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] Donne.

3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. Milton.

4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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