English edit

Etymology edit

From at- +‎ scape (to escape), perhaps modelled after Middle English atscheaken ("to escape"; see atshake). More at ascape, escape.

Verb edit

atscape (third-person singular simple present atscapes, present participle atscaping, simple past and past participle atscaped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare, obsolete) To escape.