Abscond

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /É™bˈskÉ’nd/
• US IPA: /æbˈskÉ‘nd/, /æbˈzkÉ‘nd/
• Rhymes: -É’nd

Origin

Either from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondere, present active infinitive of abscondō ("hide"); formed from abs, ab ("away") + condō ("put together, store"), from con ("together") + dō ("put")

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• Cognate with sconce ("a type of light fixture").

Full definition of abscond

Verb

1. (intransitive, reflexive, archaic) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
• 1691-1735, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creationhttp://books.google.com/books?id=rRI5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA300&dq=intitle:works+of+creation+inauthor:ray&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mpnNUZHMJ4Pu0gGZo4GICw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=absconds&f=falsethe Marmotto, ... which absconds all Winter doth ... live upon its own Fat.
2. (intransitive, reflexive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution. From mid 16th century.
• 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Ch. 13... that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond at the risk of stripes and of death.
• 1911, Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DictionarySpring beckons! All things to the call respond;
  The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
3. (intransitive) To withdraw from. From mid 16th century.

• 2006, Richard Rojcewicz, The Gods And Technology: A Reading Of Heidegger, ISBN 0791482308.Modern technology accompanies the absconding of the original attitude.
• 2009, Sonia Brill, Relationships Without Anger, ISBN 144902789X.You cannot abscond from the responsibility both you and your partner owe to this event, and that includes dealing with anger issues and any other emotional issues that come with it.
1. (transitive, obsolete) To conceal; to take away. First attested in the late 16^th century.
• treatise on the eye, the manner and phaenomena of vision, for having applied to the Side of the Head any thin black Body, such as the Brim of a Hat, so as it may abscond the Objects that are upon that Side
• The Buccaneers of America
• 2005, news release, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc, 15 February,“They try to abscond his wages ...” not valid for attestation
2. (transitive) To evade, to hide or flee from.The captain absconded his responsibility
• 2006, Aldo E. Chircop, Olof Lindén, Places of Refuge for Ships, ISBN 900414952X.If the distress situation is solved succesfully, the anonymous shipowner will reap the commercial benefit, if the situation ends in disaster, the shipowner will hide behind an anonymous post box in a foreign country and will abscond responsibility.