abscond

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[edit] Etymology

From the Latin abscondere (to hide), formed from abs-, ab-, + condere (to lay up), from con- + dere (to put).

Cognate to sconce (a type of light fixture).

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Infinitive
to abscond

Third person singular
absconds

Simple past
absconded

Past participle
absconded

Present participle
absconding

to abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded)

  1. (intransitive) To hide; to withdraw; to be concealed :
    • The rabbit absconds to avoid detection from predators
  2. (intransitive) To depart secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution :
  3. (intransitive) To withdraw from, to leave from; to hide from :
    • She absconded the feast.
    • The captain absconded his responsibility.
  4. (transitive) (obsolete) To hide [something], to conceal [something]; to take away [something] :
    • They try to abscond his wages [...]” — National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc, 15 February 2005 news release [1].

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