abscond

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈskɒnd/ (General American) IPA(key): /əbˈskɑnd/ Rhymes: -ɒnd Hyphenation: ab‧scond === Verb === abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded) (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.] Synonyms: flee, run away, steal away 2011,, Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 14 2011 You abscond the fuck outta there and find a place to hide. (law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process Synonym: jump bail (intransitive, of bee colonies) To abandon a hive. (intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment. (transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from. (obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away. [First attested in the late 16th century.] Synonym: conceal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sconce ==== Translations ==== === References === “abscond”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abscond”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “abscond, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.