abscond : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abscond	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for abscond
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscond v run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" Synonym(s): abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscond \Ab*scond"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Absconded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absconding}.] [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs + condere to lay up; con + d[dd]re (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscond \Ab*scond"\, v. t. To hide; to conceal. [Obs.] --Bentley.