reescape
reescape verb: to escape again.
Verb
reescape (third-person singular simple present reescapes, present participle reescaping, simple past and past participle reescaped)
- to escape again.
- Accordingly, the pursuit detachments, within the compass of such a large scale pursuit action, have to launch a relentless pursuit of escaped prisoners of war who disregard a challenge while in flight or offer resistance or attempt to reescape after having been recaptured,1949, Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone), Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10, Nuremberg, October...
- But they did not go to Pondy not to reescape from the struggles.1988, Ma. Po Civañāṉam, History of Freedom Movement in Tamil Nadu, page 170
Noun
reescape (plural reescapes)
- a second escape.
- and haled them all to the mission, where lands were allotted to them and where they were carefully guarded by the ecclesiastics — until opportunity came for reescape; and to this congregation Escalante added a few Seri prisoners taken on Tiburon, as noted above.1898, W. J. McGee, John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, The Seri Indians, page 70
- Tracer entering the blood from the upstream end of the tissue has a higher probability of reescape into the tissue than does tracer entering the blood from the downstream end of the tissue.1977, Handbook of Physiology: The cardiovascular system. v. 1, The heart. v. 2, Vascular smooth muscle, v. 3, pt. 1-2. Peripheral circulation and organ blood flow. v. 4, pt. 1-2. Microcirculation...
Forms of reescape
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | reescapes |
| present participle | reescaping |
| past participle | reescaped |
| past | reescaped |
| Noun | |
| plural | reescapes |
Origin of reescape
From re- + escape.
Questions about reescape
- What does reescape mean?
- Reescape means to escape again.
- What part of speech is reescape?
- Reescape can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of reescape?
- The past tense of reescape is reescaped.
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