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Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An archaic form or aphetic truncation of "escape," meaning to slip away, avoid danger, or break free from restraint or harm.

Detailed Definition
"Scape" is a shortened archaic form of "escape" found in older poetry. It survives mainly in literary or historical contexts rather than everyday modern English.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And holdeth me not—yet can I scape no wise—” uses scape as an archaic shortening of escape; “no wise” means in no way, not wisely; Spenserian and medieval-style diction often uses scape for metre; “from winter’s grip I could not scape” preserves the older compact form
Additional Notes
The form "scape" in "can I scape no wise" is an archaic spelling/shortening of "escape" that modern readers may not know.; Found in the poem, I Find No Peace by Sir Thomas Wyatt
Also Known As
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