escaping

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ESCA'PING, participle present tense Fleeing from and avoiding danger or evil; being passed unobserved or unhurt; shunning; evading; securing safety; quitting the custody of the law, without warrant. ESCA'PING, noun Avoidance of danger. Ezra 9:14.
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