FUGITIVE : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: FUGITIVE	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for FUGITIVE
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fugitive adj lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" Synonym(s): fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary n someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops" Synonym(s): fugitive, runaway, fleer someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice Synonym(s): fugitive, fugitive from justice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fugitive \Fu"gitive\, n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive* from justice. 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. {Fugitive from justice} (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fugitive \Fu"gitive\, a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See {Bow} to bend, and cf. {Feverfew}.] 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive* solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. --Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear? --Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. --Woodward. {Fugitive compositions}, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Syn: Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fugitive Gen. 4:12, 14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n'a); Judg. 12:4, a refugee, one who has escaped (Heb. palit); 2 Kings 25:11, a deserter, one who has fallen away to the enemy (Heb. nophel); Ezek. 17:21, one who has broken away in flight (Heb. mibrah); Isa. 15:5; 43:14, a breaker away, a fugitive (Heb. beriah), one who flees away.