fugitive

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It filled him with hope, for remembering what Berenice had said about the proclamation of Galba as emperor, it seemed to him that this life as a fugitive might be approaching its end.

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  1. adjective Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
  2. adjective Lasting only a short time; fleeting: "[His] house and burial place ... should be visited by all who profess even a fugitive interest in political economy” (John Kenneth Galbraith).
  3. adjective Difficult to comprehend or retain; elusive: fugitive solutions to the problem.
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  • Receiving word one night from Colonel Lane that the fugitive was a second time in a pine thicket near his house, I mounted my horse and went thither, and we and Major Bird escorted him through my plantation to the road leading northwardly and for some miles thereon. —  Autobiography of Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston
  • What was that idiot Matheson thinking to saddle me with this fugitive from a Chinese restaurant! —  Analog SFF, November 2006
  • It was hard to compel the descendents of the Puritans to hunt down the fleeing slaves when they believed that the curse of God rested on the institution and that the rights of the fugitive were as sacred as those of his pursuers. —  The Life of Stephen A. Douglas
  • The troops who had been in hot pursuit of the lizard had lined up behind her, waiting for her orders now that the fugitive was apparently captured. —  A Phule and his Money
  • According to state radio, the fugitive was arrested by the anti-terrorist squad at the home of a relative, who was also apprehended, and taken to Paralimni police station under heavy security. —  News24
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refugee ·  captive ·  fleeting ·  unfortunate ·  criminal ·  rebel ·  poor ·  prisoner ·  adventurer ·  robber ·  outlaw ·  beggar

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fugitive:   fugitives
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English fugitif, from Old French, from Latin fugitīvus, from fugitus, past participle of fugere, to flee.

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  1. from Middle English fugitife, from Old French fugitif, fuitif F. fugitif = Pr, fugitiu = Spanish Portuguese fugitivo = Italian fuggitivo, from Latin fugitivus, fleeing away; usually as a noun, a runaway, a fugitive; from fugere (perfect fugi fuggere = Spanish huir, obsolete fuir = Portuguese fugir = French fuir), flee (from fugare, cause to flee), = Greek φέύγειν, flee, = Sanskrit √ bhuj, bend, = Anglo-Saxon būgan, English bow, bend: see bow.
 

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/ˈfjudʒɪtɪv/
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