| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ab·scond |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   b-sk nd |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ab·scond·ed, ab·scond·ing, ab·sconds
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin abscondere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab–1 + condere, to put; see dh - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ab·sconder —NOUN
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