abscond
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[edit] Etymology
From the Latin abscondere, present active infinitive of abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab + condō (“lay up; hide”), from con (“with”) + dō (“put”). Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).
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abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded)
- (intransitive) To hide; to withdraw; to be concealed :
- The rabbit absconds to avoid detection from predators
- (intransitive) To depart secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution :
- 1848: Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England, Ch. 13
- ... that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond at the risk of stripes and of death.
- 1911: Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
- Spring beckons! All things to the call respond;
The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
- Spring beckons! All things to the call respond;
- 1848: Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England, Ch. 13
- (intransitive) To withdraw from, to leave from; to hide from :
- She absconded the feast.
- The captain absconded his responsibility.
- (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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to hide
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to depart secretly
to withdraw from
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[edit] French
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abscond
- third-person singular present indicative of abscondre
- il abscond — he hides
