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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: fugitive
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fugitive
fugitive
adj : lasting for a markedly brief time;
“a fleeting glance”;
“fugitive hours”;
“rapid momentaneous association of
things that meet and pass”;
“a momentary glimpse” [syn:
fleeting,
momentaneous,
momentary]
fugitive
n 1: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation;
“fugitives
from the sweatshops” [syn:
runaway]
2: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to
elude justice [syn:
fugitive from justice]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fugitive
Fugitive
\Fu"gi*tive\, n.
1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service,
duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
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2. Something hard to be caught or detained.
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Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte.
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Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a
crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another
to avoid punishment.
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Fugitive
\Fu"gi*tive\, a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L.
fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See
Bow to bend, and cf.
Feverfew.]
1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping,
from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive
slave; a fugitive debtor.
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The fugitive Parthians follow. --Shak.
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Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her
parents are in tear? --Richardson
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A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir
H. Wotton.
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2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away;
volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; --
applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive
colors; a fugitive idea.
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The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves .
. . of vegatables. --Woodward.
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Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional,
and so published that they quickly escape notice.
Syn: Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile;
fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.
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