abscond
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abscond
- /əbˈskɒnd/ UK
- /əbˈskɑnd/ US
Rhymes with -ɒnd
Where it comes from
Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
* Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).
verb absconds · absconding · absconded
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To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
The thieves absconded with our property.
Similar: flee, run away, steal away
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To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Run off with a senator's wife? I like to think you killed a man. It's the Romantic in me.
Similar: flee, run away, steal away, jump bail
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To abandon a hive.
[European honey bees] raise large colonies, hoard large quantities of honey, are more gentle than other species and almost never abscond.
Similar: flee, run away, steal away
- To hide, to be in hiding or concealment. the Marmotto, […] which absconds all Winter doth […] live upon its own Fat.
- To evade, to hide or flee from. The captain absconded his responsibility.
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To conceal; to take away.
for having applied to the Side of the Head any thin black Body, such as the Brim of a Hat, so as it may abscond the Objects that are upon that Side
Similar: conceal
Translations
Every language
verb to flee, often secretly
| Português | esconder-se |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | sich davonmachen, türmen, davonstehlen |
| Italiano | latitare |
verb intransitive: to hide
| Español | absconderse, asconderse |
|---|---|
| Português | esconder, ocultar |
| Français | abscondre |
| Deutsch | sich verstecken |
| Italiano | latitare, nascondersi, occultarsi |
| Русский | скрыва́ть skryvátʹ |
verb to withdraw from
| Português | fugir, evadir |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | sich zurückziehen |
| Italiano | squagliarsela, tirarsi indietro, lavarsene le mani |
| Русский | уклоня́ться uklonjátʹsja, избегать izbegatʹ |
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title = {abscond},
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