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▪ I. abscond, v.|æbˈskɒnd|
[ad. L. abscond-ĕre to hide or stow away, f. abs off, away + condĕre to put together, to stow, f. con together + dăre to put.]
†1. trans. To hide away, to conceal (anything). Obs. or arch.
1612Woodall Surgeon's Mate Wks. 1653, 388 I advise it to be privately absconded for the reputation sake. 1669Flamstead in Phil. Trans. IV. 1105 The Moon approaching them (Stars of the 5th and 6th Magnitude) within 4 or 5 degrees, absconds them to the naked eye. 1699–1703J. Pomfret Poet. Wks. (1833) 99 The trembling Alps abscond their aged heads In mighty pillars of infernal smoke. 1868Cussans Handbk. Heraldry xi. 146 The first is absconded, or covered, by the Canton.
2. refl. (Obs. or arch.)
1673in Phil. Trans. VIII. 5180 Before Saturn did abscond himself in the beams of the Sun. 1681Worlidge Syst. Agric. 258 After a dark night..the little Fish will then bite best, having absconded themselves all night for fear of the greater. 1721Strype Eccl. Mem. (1822) I. 315 The poor man fled from place to place absconding himself.
3. intr. (by omission of the refl. pron.) ‘To hide oneself; to retire from the public view: generally used of persons in debt, or criminals eluding the law.’ J.; to go away hurriedly and secretly.
1565–78Churchyard Chippes (1817) 20 He was obliged to abscond, & to make his escape, in priest's attire. 1694Falle Jersey i. 34 The King..was forced to abscond with great danger of his Person, till he found a passage into France. 1726De Foe Hist. Devil (1840) ii. vii. 267 He did his devilish endeavour, and stayed till he was forced to abscond again. 1782Priestley Matter & Spirit I. xvii. 197 The villain who had absconded for a year would not escape punishment. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. VIII. xviii. xi. 5 Some few absconded, leaving their property as spoil. 1870J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 4 In the coldest weather ever known the mercury basely absconded into the bulb.
▪ II. † abˈscond, a. Obs. rare—1.
[? for absconded.]
Hidden from view.
1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) II. 12 Pleased with the thought he should sit abscond and see them. |