abscondv.

Brit.

/əbˈskɒnd/,

/abˈskɒnd/, U.S.

/æbˈskɑnd/,

/əbˈskɑnd/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French abscondre; Latin abscondere.

Etymology: < Middle French, French abscondre to hide oneself (1180 in Old French, used reflexively), to hide, conceal (a thing) (1308) or its etymon classical Latin abscondere to hide, conceal, to bury, immerse, to engulf, to keep secret < abs- (see ab- prefix) + condere to put together, to stow (see condite adj.³). Compare Old Occitan escondre , (with change of conjugation) escondir , Catalan †escondir (14th cent.; with change of conjugation), Spanish absconder (second half of the 13th cent., originally used reflexively), Italian ascondere (beginning of the 13th cent.). Compare earlier absconce v.¹

1. transitive. To hide, conceal; to obscure. Also intransitive. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

forhelec888

i-hedec888

dernc893

hidec897

wryOE

behelec1000

behidec1000

bewryc1000

forhidec1000

overheleOE

hilla1250

fealc1325

cover1340

forcover1382

blinda1400

hulsterc1400

overclosec1400

concealc1425

shroud1426

blend1430

close1430

shadow1436

obumber?1440

mufflea1450

alaynec1450

mew?c1450

purloin1461

to keep close?1471

oversilec1478

bewrap1481

supprime1490

occulta1500

silec1500

smoor1513

shadec1530

skleir1532

oppressa1538

hudder-mudder1544

pretex1548

lap?c1550

absconce1570

to steek away1575

couch1577

recondite1578

huddle1581

mew1581

enshrine1582

enshroud1582

mask1582

veil1582

abscondc1586

smotherc1592

blot1593

sheathe1594

immask1595

secret1595

bemist1598

palliate1598

hoodwinka1600

overmaska1600

hugger1600

obscure1600

upwrap1600

undisclose1601

disguise1605

screen1611

underfold1612

huke1613

eclipsea1616

encavea1616

ensconcea1616

obscurify1622

cloud1623

inmewa1625

beclouda1631

pretext1634

covert1647

sconce1652

tapisa1660

shun1661

sneak1701

overlay1719

secrete1741

blank1764

submerge1796

slur1813

wrap1817

buttress1820

stifle1820

disidentify1845

to stick away1900

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 67 As litill lambe..Absconding it in busse not to be seine.

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 388 I advise it to be privately absconded for the reputation sake.

1670 J. Flamstead in Philos. Trans. 1669 (Royal Soc.) 4 1105 The Moon approaching them (Stars of the 5th and 6th Magnitude) within 4 or 5 degrees, absconds them to the naked eye.

1702 J. Pomfret Misc. Poems 70 The trembling Alps abscond their Aged Heads In mighty Pillars of Infernal Smoke.

1716 M. Davies Diss. Physick 21 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The Cause, why Providence..also has absconded the great Psycandrick as well as Somandrick Secret of the Chymical Grand Elixir.

1844 A. Barrington Elem. Heraldry 12 One fleur-de-lis, in chief, and half of the fleur-de-lis in base, are absconded by the arms of Scotland.

1941 College Eng. 3 320 The Joads frankly discuss anatomical details and joke about them. Like most common people, they do not abscond or conceal.

2. transitive (reflexive). To hide oneself; to flee into hiding; = sense 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)]

hidec897

wryOE

shroudc1402

imbosk1562

shrine1570

thick1574

mew1581

burrow1596

dern1604

earth1609

veil1614

ensconcea1616

abscond1626

perdue1694

secrete1764

to stow away1795

1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. C You marcht so swift with all your lovely bond, That I, by such great beauties much amaz'd, Into a bush, hard by, my selfe abscond.

1650 S. Sheppard Amandus & Sophronia ii. ii. 52 All your paper Hero's, and curtaine Champions, were devising how to abscond themselves.

1673 tr. Cassini in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 5180 Before Saturn did abscond himself in the beams of the Sun.

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. 315 The poor man fled from place to place absconding himself.

1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 5 Apr. 2/2 A short Negro Woman..has absconded herself.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 596 Not a few fountains and springs of hot waters..have fled and absconded themselves, being hidden and concealed under the earth.

1835 Times 25 Aug. 7/3 The act of bankruptcy relied on was his absconding himself from his house in November 1825.

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 37 I immediately absconded myself.

2003 Borneo Bull. (Nexis) 5 Feb. The defendant..had tried to abscond himself out of the country from Sungai Tujoh Control Post a day before he was brought to the court.

3. intransitive. To hide oneself; to flee into hiding, or to an inaccessible place; to leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to elude a creditor, escape from custody, or avoid arrest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily > secretly or abscond

to run awayOE

elope1596

to step aside1620

abscond1652

shirk1681

decamp1751

levant1797

absconce1823

skip1865

skin1871

to shoot the crow1887

sneak1896

to go through1933

to take a run-out powder1933

1652 C. Manuche Loyal Lovers ii. i. 16 I must abscond: My spiritual exercise grows too laborious.

1683 Dutch Rogue 84 She informs him what was reported among the Neighbourhood, as that he had murthered his brother; and intreated him, as he tendered his safety to abscond.

1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey i. 34 The King..was forced to abscond with great danger of his Person, till he found a passage into France.

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. vii. 292 He did his Devilish Endeavour, and stay'd till he was forc'd to abscond again.

1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit xiii. 158 The villain who had absconded for a year would not escape punishment.

1822 Times 3 Sept. 3/1 The individual..by whom the forgery has been committed, has, we learn, absconded.

1859 W. B. Bernard Tide of Time ii. 27 The manager [of the bank] has absconded with half the deposits.

1938 A. J. Liebling Back where I came From 48 The men on the Bowery..had hit the skids and been forced to abscond from the genteel communities where their wives still lingered.

1985 M. S. W. Hoyle Mareva Injunction & Related Orders xi. 130 It is reasonably expected that the other party will abscond, remove his assets, or otherwise evade his obligation to pay his debts.

2005 Irish News (Nexis) 17 Dec. 12 McCague—who has absconded—was sentenced in absence to five years in jail.

Derivatives

abˈsconding n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding

absconding1676

elopementa1763

flight1769

levanting1788

sneak1819

absconsion1827

skip1942

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding

levanting1788

absconding1879

1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. iv. 22 To these may be added the absconding of Ceres, the Rape of Proserpina, together with the stories of Minos, Cadmus, Niobe, Petheus, Attaeus, Oedipus [etc].

1677 R. Hooke Diary 2 Sept. (1935) 310 He told me of an absconding friend in the Isle of Wight.

1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 120 When they see..a remote and absconding kind of Countenance, they conclude it Cain's Mark.

1758 Stat. Massachusetts (1814) 614 Be it..enacted, that where no goods or effects of such absent or absconding person in the hands of his attorney, factor, agent or trustee,..can be come at so as to be attached [etc.].

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 552 Still, however, the king concealed his intention of absconding even from his chief ministers.

1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. iii. 29 No person was allowed to shelter and employ absconding men.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 28 Agents of the Fisc pursue Absconding tax-defaulters through The sewers of provincial towns.

1989 B. Kahan Child Care Res. (BNC) 22 Staff tell me in interviews that the children are happy and well behaved but records show high levels of absconding and excessive punishment.

2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. a13 He has published a novel about an absconding female slave, trying to escape to the free Northern States of the then barely-United States.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	abscond
释义	† abscondadj. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or perhaps (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: abscond v.; absconded adj. Etymology: Either irregularly < abscond v., or perhaps < absconded adj. with reduction and loss of the final syllable. Obsolete. rare. Hidden from view. ΚΠ 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie Ep. Ded. sig. A4 By a sedulous search into their velated nature, and abscond disposition. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester i. 30 There is great art in lying abscond, that is, to lie at bo-peep with your Adversary, either subtlely to gain a pass or hazard. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 12 Pleas'd with the Thoughts he should sit abscond, And see them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). abscondv. Brit. /əbˈskɒnd/, /abˈskɒnd/, U.S. /æbˈskɑnd/, /əbˈskɑnd/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French abscondre; Latin abscondere. Etymology: < Middle French, French abscondre to hide oneself (1180 in Old French, used reflexively), to hide, conceal (a thing) (1308) or its etymon classical Latin abscondere to hide, conceal, to bury, immerse, to engulf, to keep secret < abs- (see ab- prefix) + condere to put together, to stow (see condite adj.³). Compare Old Occitan escondre , (with change of conjugation) escondir , Catalan †escondir (14th cent.; with change of conjugation), Spanish absconder (second half of the 13th cent., originally used reflexively), Italian ascondere (beginning of the 13th cent.). Compare earlier absconce v.¹ 1. transitive. To hide, conceal; to obscure. Also intransitive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 67 As litill lambe..Absconding it in busse not to be seine. 1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 388 I advise it to be privately absconded for the reputation sake. 1670 J. Flamstead in Philos. Trans. 1669 (Royal Soc.) 4 1105 The Moon approaching them (Stars of the 5th and 6th Magnitude) within 4 or 5 degrees, absconds them to the naked eye. 1702 J. Pomfret Misc. Poems 70 The trembling Alps abscond their Aged Heads In mighty Pillars of Infernal Smoke. 1716 M. Davies Diss. Physick 21 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The Cause, why Providence..also has absconded the great Psycandrick as well as Somandrick Secret of the Chymical Grand Elixir. 1844 A. Barrington Elem. Heraldry 12 One fleur-de-lis, in chief, and half of the fleur-de-lis in base, are absconded by the arms of Scotland. 1941 College Eng. 3 320 The Joads frankly discuss anatomical details and joke about them. Like most common people, they do not abscond or conceal. 2. transitive (reflexive). To hide oneself; to flee into hiding; = sense 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)] hidec897 wryOE shroudc1402 imbosk1562 shrine1570 thick1574 mew1581 burrow1596 dern1604 earth1609 veil1614 ensconcea1616 abscond1626 perdue1694 secrete1764 to stow away1795 1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. C You marcht so swift with all your lovely bond, That I, by such great beauties much amaz'd, Into a bush, hard by, my selfe abscond. 1650 S. Sheppard Amandus & Sophronia ii. ii. 52 All your paper Hero's, and curtaine Champions, were devising how to abscond themselves. 1673 tr. Cassini in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 5180 Before Saturn did abscond himself in the beams of the Sun. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. 315 The poor man fled from place to place absconding himself. 1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 5 Apr. 2/2 A short Negro Woman..has absconded herself. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 596 Not a few fountains and springs of hot waters..have fled and absconded themselves, being hidden and concealed under the earth. 1835 Times 25 Aug. 7/3 The act of bankruptcy relied on was his absconding himself from his house in November 1825. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 37 I immediately absconded myself. 2003 Borneo Bull. (Nexis) 5 Feb. The defendant..had tried to abscond himself out of the country from Sungai Tujoh Control Post a day before he was brought to the court. 3. intransitive. To hide oneself; to flee into hiding, or to an inaccessible place; to leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to elude a creditor, escape from custody, or avoid arrest. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily > secretly or abscond to run awayOE elope1596 to step aside1620 abscond1652 shirk1681 decamp1751 levant1797 absconce1823 skip1865 skin1871 to shoot the crow1887 sneak1896 to go through1933 to take a run-out powder1933 1652 C. Manuche Loyal Lovers ii. i. 16 I must abscond: My spiritual exercise grows too laborious. 1683 Dutch Rogue 84 She informs him what was reported among the Neighbourhood, as that he had murthered his brother; and intreated him, as he tendered his safety to abscond. 1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey i. 34 The King..was forced to abscond with great danger of his Person, till he found a passage into France. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. vii. 292 He did his Devilish Endeavour, and stay'd till he was forc'd to abscond again. 1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit xiii. 158 The villain who had absconded for a year would not escape punishment. 1822 Times 3 Sept. 3/1 The individual..by whom the forgery has been committed, has, we learn, absconded. 1859 W. B. Bernard Tide of Time ii. 27 The manager [of the bank] has absconded with half the deposits. 1938 A. J. Liebling Back where I came From 48 The men on the Bowery..had hit the skids and been forced to abscond from the genteel communities where their wives still lingered. 1985 M. S. W. Hoyle Mareva Injunction & Related Orders xi. 130 It is reasonably expected that the other party will abscond, remove his assets, or otherwise evade his obligation to pay his debts. 2005 Irish News (Nexis) 17 Dec. 12 McCague—who has absconded—was sentenced in absence to five years in jail. Derivatives abˈsconding n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding absconding1676 elopementa1763 flight1769 levanting1788 sneak1819 absconsion1827 skip1942 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding levanting1788 absconding1879 1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. iv. 22 To these may be added the absconding of Ceres, the Rape of Proserpina, together with the stories of Minos, Cadmus, Niobe, Petheus, Attaeus, Oedipus [etc]. 1677 R. Hooke Diary 2 Sept. (1935) 310 He told me of an absconding friend in the Isle of Wight. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 120 When they see..a remote and absconding kind of Countenance, they conclude it Cain's Mark. 1758 Stat. Massachusetts (1814) 614 Be it..enacted, that where no goods or effects of such absent or absconding person in the hands of his attorney, factor, agent or trustee,..can be come at so as to be attached [etc.]. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 552 Still, however, the king concealed his intention of absconding even from his chief ministers. 1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. iii. 29 No person was allowed to shelter and employ absconding men. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 28 Agents of the Fisc pursue Absconding tax-defaulters through The sewers of provincial towns. 1989 B. Kahan Child Care Res. (BNC) 22 Staff tell me in interviews that the children are happy and well behaved but records show high levels of absconding and excessive punishment. 2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. a13 He has published a novel about an absconding female slave, trying to escape to the free Northern States of the then barely-United States. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1653v.c1586
随便看	give the shoot give the show away give the sick give the silent treatment give the slip gnaw at gnaw away gnaw in two gnaw into gnaw off gnaw on gnaw out gnaw up gnaw-bone gnaw-crust gnawable gnawbone gnawcrust gnawed gnawed at gnawer gnawers gnawing gnawing at gnawingly

† abscondadj.

abscondv.

Derivatives