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scape1, 'scape vb. and sb. (obs. or arch.) Aphetic of ESCAPE. XIII.
Hence (from the vb.) scapegoat (XVI), intended to render the supposed literal meaning of Heb. azāzel (Lev. 16: 8, 10, 26) ‘the goote on which the lotte fell to scape’ (so Vulg. caper emissarius); the correct interpretation is prob. ‘goat for Azazel’ (a demon of the desert). scapegrace incorrigible scamp (‘one who escapes the grace of God’) XIX.

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