資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abscond \Ab*scond"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Absconded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Absconding}.] [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs +
   condere to lay up; con + d[a^]re (only in comp.) to put. Cf.
   {Do}.]
   1. To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.

            The marmot absconds all winter.       --Ray.

   2. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's
      self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid
      a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.

            That very homesickness which, in regular armies,
            drives so many recruits to abscond.   --Macaulay.