| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To scamper.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To escape, flee, flight, elope or swerve. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To bolt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To recoil or retreat.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle 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] | |
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"ABSCONDING" is a common misspelling or typo for: abscondings. |
Date "ABSCONDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1691. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABSCONDING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Withdrawing privately from public view; as, an absconding debtor, who confines himself to his apartments, or absents himself to avoid the ministers of justice. In the latter sense, it is properly an adjective.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] An instance in which someone absconds. (references) | 2: [Verb] Present participle of abscond. (references) | |
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