Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abscond"
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[a^]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abscond
v : run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
along [syn: {bolt}, {absquatulate}, {decamp}, {run off},
{go off}]
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