verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To reverse the escaping of a string.

   "Hopefully, the possibilities afforded by escaping and unescaping strings are now becoming clear."

Example

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"Hopefully, the possibilities afforded by escaping and unescaping strings are now becoming clear."

Etymology

From un- + escape.

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