ABSCOND.
This word originally meant to conceal or to hide. Horace Walpole in one of his letters says : " Virette absconds ; and has sent M. de Pecquigny word that he shall abscond, till he can find a proper opportunity of fighting him."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 53
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41ABSCOND. Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 53
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