verb/e.ʃa.pe/
to escape (from), evade; to drop an object unintentionally; to escape, break out (e.g., from prison); to go away, run away
“[E]lle tousserait énormément et ferait semblant de mourir pour échapper au ridicule.” — She would cough most dreadfully, and she would pretend that she was dying, to avoid being laughed at.
Inherited from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Doublet of escaper.