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fu·gi·tive

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–noun

1.	a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.

–adjective

2.	having taken flight, or run away: a fugitive slave.

3.	fleeting; transitory; elusive: fugitive thoughts that could not be formulated.

4.	Fine Arts. changing color as a result of exposure to light and chemical substances present in the atmosphere, in other pigments, or in the medium.

5.	dealing with subjects of passing interest, as writings; ephemeral: fugitive essays.

6.	wandering, roving, or vagabond: a fugitive carnival.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < L fugitīvus fleeing, equiv. to fugit(us) (ptp. of fugere to flee) + -īvus -ive; r. ME fugitif < OF

]

—Related forms

fu·gi·tive·ly, adverb

fu·gi·tive·ness, fu·gi·tiv·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms 3. transient, passing, flitting, flying, brief, temporary. 5. momentary, evanescent, trivial, light. 6. straying, roaming.

—Antonyms 3, 4. permanent. 5. lasting.

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fu·gi·tive Audio Help (fyōō'jĭ-tĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
1. 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).
2. Difficult to comprehend or retain; elusive: fugitive solutions to the problem.
3. Given to change or disappearance; perishable: fugitive beauty.
4. Of temporary interest: fugitive essays.
Tending to wander; vagabond.

One who flees; a refugee.
Something fleeting or ephemeral.

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

fu'gi·tive·ly adv., fu'gi·tive·ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fugitive

1382, from O.Fr. fugitif, from L. fugitivus "fleeing" (but commonly used as a noun meaning "runaway"), from stem of fugere "run away, flee," from PIE base *bheug- "to flee" (cf. Gk. pheugein "to flee," Lith. bugstu "be frightened"). Replaced O.E. flyma. From 17c.-19c. Eng. had the useful adj. fugacious "likely to flee."

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fugitive
adjective
1.	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]
noun
1.	someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"
2.	someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

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fugitive [ˈfjuːdʒətiv] noun

a person who is running away (from the police etc)
Example: a fugitive from justice

Arabic:	هارِب
Chinese (Simplified):	逃亡者
Chinese (Traditional):	逃亡者
Czech:	uprchlík
Danish:	flygtning
Dutch:	vluchteling
Estonian:	põgenik
Finnish:	pakenija
French:	fugitif, *-ive
German:	der Flüchtling
Greek:	φυγάς
Hungarian:	menekülő
Icelandic:	flóttamaður
Indonesian:	pelarian
Italian:	fuggitivo, evaso

Japanese:	逃亡者
Korean:	탈주자
Latvian:	bēglis
Lithuanian:	bėglys
Norwegian:	flyktning, rømling
Polish:	zbieg
Portuguese (Brazil):	fugitivo
Portuguese (Portugal):	fugitivo
Romanian:	fugar
Russian:	беглец
Slovak:	utečenec
Slovenian:	ubežnik
Spanish:	fugitivo
Swedish:	rymling
Turkish:	kaçak

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fugitive

Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen, Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie, bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. Fugitive.]

1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness. --Milton.

The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. --Prescott.

2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion. --Bacon.

Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller.

3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.

They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. --2 Kings ii. 15.

4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to crush; to subdue.

Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave. --Shak.

5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.

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Fugitive

Fe"ver*few\, n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

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