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abscond Dec 22nd 2012, 07:11 defdate ← Older revision Revision as of 07:11, 22 December 2012 Line 14: Line 14:   {{en-verb}}   {{en-verb}}     − # {{rfd-redundant}} {{intransitive}} To [[flee]]; to [[withdraw]] from. + # {{rfd-redundant}} {{intransitive}} To [[flee]]; to [[withdraw]] from.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED>{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =8| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}}</ref>   #: ''The rabbit '''''absconds''''' to avoid detection from predators''   #: ''The rabbit '''''absconds''''' to avoid detection from predators'' − # {{intransitive}} To depart [[secretly]]; to hide from; to [[steal away]], particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution : + # {{intransitive|reflexive}} To depart [[secretly]]; to hide from; to [[steal away]], particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   #* '''1848''': [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]], ''[[w:The History of England from the Accession of James the Second|The History of England]]'', Ch. 13   #* '''1848''': [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]], ''[[w:The History of England from the Accession of James the Second|The History of England]]'', Ch. 13   #*: ... that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to '''abscond''' at the risk of stripes and of death.   #*: ... that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to '''abscond''' at the risk of stripes and of death. Line 22: Line 22:   #*: Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; The trees are leaving and cashiers '''abscond'''.   #*: Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; The trees are leaving and cashiers '''abscond'''.   #* ''The captain '''absconded''' his responsibility.''   #* ''The captain '''absconded''' his responsibility.'' − # {{transitive|obsolete}} To [[hide]] [something], to [[conceal]] [something]; to take away [something]. + # {{transitive|obsolete}} To [[hide]] [something], to [[conceal]] [something]; to take away [something].{{defdate|First attested in the late 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED>   #* '''2005''', [http://nrtw.org/b/nr_379.php news release], National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc, 15 February,   #* '''2005''', [http://nrtw.org/b/nr_379.php news release], National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc, 15 February,   #* "''They try to '''abscond''' his wages [...]''"   #* "''They try to '''abscond''' his wages [...]''"

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