Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fugitive"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, 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"gi*tive\, 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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn:
{fleeting}, {momentaneous}, {momentary}]
n 1: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives
from the seatshops" [syn: {runaway}]
2: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to
elude justice [syn: {fugitive from justice}]
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