Definition of Abscand
Ab*scond" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Absconded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Absconding.] [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs +
condere to lay up; con + dăre (only in comp.)
to put. Cf. Do.] 1. To hide, withdraw, or be
concealed.
The marmot absconds all winter.
Ray.
2. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and
secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a
legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
That very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so
many recruits to abscond.
Macaulay.
Ab*scond", v. t. To hide; to
conceal. [Obs.] Bentley.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ABSCOND, v.i. To "move in a mysterious way," commonly with the
property of another.
Spring beckons! All things to the call respond;
The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
Phela Orm
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- (intransitive) To hide; to withdraw; to be concealed.
- The marmot absconds all winter. - Ray
- (intransitive) To depart secretely; to steal away.
- That very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond. - Macaulay
- (transitive) (obsolete) To hide; to conceal.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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