| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Abscond.[Websters]
2. To have lurked or skulked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have fled or scampered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have skipped, decamped or elapsed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have eluded, shirked or obviated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have avoided or shunned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have swerved, escaped or scooted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have bunked or skedaddled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have bolted, eloped or lammed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have nestled or snuggled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb abscond.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (abscond) | 1. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe".[Wordnet]. 2. To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.[Websters]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. To hide; to conceal.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: absconding, absconded, absconds, absconder, absconders, abscondingly and abscondedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ABSCONDED" is a common misspelling or typo for: absconder. |
Date "ABSCONDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: abscond
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | ABSCOND, v.i. To "move in a mysterious way," commonly with the property of another. Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond. Phela Orm Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Law | ABSCOND, To go in a clandestine manner out of the jurisdiction of the courts, or to lie concealed in order to avoid their process. (references) | ||
| Literature | Abscond means properly to hide; but we generally use the word in the sense of stealing off secretly from an employer. (Latin, abscondo.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
