escaper

English

Etymology

escape +‎ -er

Noun

escaper (plural escapers)

  1. A person who escapes.
    • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
      The timing of the incident raised the question, almost certainly destined to remain unanswered, of whether, having allowed the escapers to pass by unhindered, the culprit had waited specifically for the yellow jersey group before sowing his mischief.
  2. (computing) A program or algorithm for escaping text.
    an HTML escaper; a query escaper

Anagrams

Old French

Verb

escaper

  1. Alternative form of eschaper
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 166 of this essay:
      aulcuns en escapent et aulcuns meurent
      some escape it and some die from it
      <-- Although this is technically Middle French -->

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ps, *-pt are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of escaper (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive escaper avoir escapé
gerund en escapant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle escapant
past participle escapé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present escap escapes escape escapons escapez escapent
imperfect escapoie, escapeie, escapoe, escapeve escapoies, escapeies, escapoes, escapeves escapoit, escapeit, escapot, escapeve escapiiens, escapiens escapiiez, escapiez escapoient, escapeient, escapoent, escapevent
preterite escapai escapas escapa escapames escapastes escaperent
future escaperai escaperas escapera escaperons escaperoiz, escapereiz, escaperez escaperont
conditional escaperoie, escapereie escaperoies, escapereies escaperoit, escapereit escaperiiens, escaperiens escaperiiez, escaperiez escaperoient, escapereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present escap escas escat escapons escapez escapent
imperfect escapasse escapasses escapast escapissons, escapissiens escapissoiz, escapissez, escapissiez escapassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— escape — escapons escapez —
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