Abscond

English

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’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əbˈskɒnd/, SAMPA: /@b"skQnd/
• (US) enPR: ăb-skŏnd', SAMPA: /@b"skQnd/

  Rhymes: -ɒnd

Verb

Infinitive to Abscond

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Abscond (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

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 :
   • 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.

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].

Translations

to hide

Bulgarian: укривам се Polish: zbiec, uciec

Portuguese: esconder-se pt(pt) Russian: скрываться ru(ru)

to depart secretly

Bulgarian: измъквам се, заминавам тайно Dutch: heimelijk vertrekken (van/uit) Finnish: karata fi(fi) German: sich davonmachen

Latin: lateo (I abscond), latito (I abscond) Norwegian: rømme, stikke av Polish: zbiec, uciec Spanish: fugarse, evadirse

to withdraw from

Bulgarian: избягвам, отдръпвам се от Polish: uniknąć, uciec od, ukryć się przed

Russian: уклоняться, избегать

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