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Fugitive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fugitive? [n] someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice [n] someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the seatshops" [adj] lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fugitive: fleeting \| fugitive from justice \| momentaneous \| momentary \| runaway \| short Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fugitive: absconder \| at large \| betrayer \| bolter \| brief \| brittle \| capricious \| changeable \| circumforaneous \| convict \| corruptible \| criminal \| crook \| deceiver \| deciduous \| deserter \| desperado \| desperate criminal \| disappearing \| discursive \| disengaged \| displaced person \| dissolving \| divagatory \| double-dealer \| DP \| drifting \| dying \| eloper \| emigre \| ephemeral \| errant \| escape artist \| escaped \| escapee \| escaper \| escapist \| evacuee \| evanescent \| evaporating \| fading \| felon \| fickle \| fled \| fleeing \| fleer \| fleeting \| flitting \| floating \| flown \| fly-by-night \| flying \| footloose \| footloose and fancy-free \| fragile \| frail \| free \| fugacious \| gadding \| gallows bird \| gangster \| gaolbird \| gypsyish \| gypsy-like \| hot \| impermanent \| impetuous \| impulsive \| in flight \| inconstant \| insubstantial \| jailbird \| Judas \| landloping \| lawbreaker \| loose \| meandering \| melting \| migrational \| migratory \| mobster \| momentary \| mortal \| mutable \| nomad \| nomadic \| nondurable \| nonpermanent \| on the lam \| on the loose \| out of \| outlaw \| passing \| perishable \| public enemy \| quisling \| racketeer \| rambling \| ranging \| refugee \| roaming \| roving \| runagate \| runaway \| running away \| scofflaw \| scot-free \| shifting \| short-lived \| skedaddler \| stateless person \| straggling \| straying \| strolling \| swindler \| temporal \| temporary \| thief \| thug \| traipsing \| traitor \| transient \| transitive \| transitory \| transmigratory \| two-timer \| undurable \| unenduring \| unstable \| vagabond \| vagrant \| vanishing \| volatile \| wandering \| well out of See Also \| absconder \| criminal \| crook \| escapee \| felon \| human \| individual \| malefactor \| mortal \| outlaw \| person \| somebody \| someone \| soul Fugitive In Webster's Dictionary \Fu"gitive\, 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. The fugitive Parthians follow. --Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear? --Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir H. Wotton. 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. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. --Woodward. {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. \Fu"gitive\, n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. {Fugitive from justice} (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.

Fugitive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fugitive?

[n] someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
[n] someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the seatshops"
[adj] lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

Fugitive In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         The fugitive Parthians follow.        --Shak.

         Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her
         parents are in tear?                  --Richardson

         A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir
                                               H. Wotton.

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.

         The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves .
         . . of vegatables.                    --Woodward.

{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.


\Fu"gi*tive\, n.
1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service,
   duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.

2. Something hard to be caught or detained.

         Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte.

{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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