abscond

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
2. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
3. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
4. To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
5. To evade, to hide or flee from.
6. (obsolete) To conceal; to take away.

Koppelteken as

ab‧scond

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əbˈskɒnd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
* Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).