| to flee; abscond: |
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| duplicate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | copied exactly from an original |
| 2. | identical |
| 3. | existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold |
| —n | |
| 4. | an exact copy; double |
| 5. | something additional or supplementary of the same kind |
| 6. | two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate) |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (tr) to make a replica of |
| 8. | (tr) to do or make again |
| 9. | (tr) to make in a pair; make double |
| 10. | (intr) biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts: the chromosomes duplicated in mitosis |
| [C15: from Latin duplicāre to double, from duo two + plicāre to fold] | |
| duplicable | |
| —adj | |
| duplica'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'duplicately | |
| —adv | |
| 'duplicative | |
| —adj | |