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ab·scond (ab skänd′, əb-)

intransitive verb

to go away hastily and secretly; run away and hide, esp. in order to escape the law

Etymology: L abscondere < ab(s)-, from, away + condere, to hide: see recondite

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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