English Explanatory Dictionary

abscond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
  2. To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
  3. To abandon a hive.
  4. To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
  5. To evade, to hide or flee from.
  6. To conceal; to take away.

Pronunciation

/əbˈskɒnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abscond.wav /əbˈskɑnd/

Word forms

abscond absconds absconding absconded

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin abs- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin condō Latin abscondōder. Middle French abscondrebor. ▲ Latin abscondōbor. English abscond Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). * Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).

Synonyms

flee run away steal away jump bail conceal

Related words

sconce

Derived words

abscondancy abscondee abscondence absconder abscondment absconsion absquatulate

Translations

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