Verbs starting with E

• escape — Verb – English ～ flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
• escape — Verb – English ～ escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
• escape — Verb – English ～ issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
• escape — Verb – English ～ remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
• escape — Verb – English ～ run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
• eschew — Verb – English ～ avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
• escort — Verb – English ～ accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door"
• escort — Verb – English ～ accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"
• eskalere — Verb – Danish ～ gradvis tiltage i styrke, intensitet el. omfang
• eskortere — Verb – Danish ～ ledsage for at beskytte el. overvåge
• espouse — Verb – English ～ take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
• espouse — Verb – English ～ take in marriage
• espouse — Verb – English ～ choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
• espy — Verb – English ～ catch sight of
• essay — Verb – English ～ put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
• essay — Verb – English ～ make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
• establish — Verb – English ～ place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
• establish — Verb – English ～ institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
• establish — Verb – English ～ set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
• establish — Verb – English ～ set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

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