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Fugitive

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Noun

1. fleer, fugitive, runaway

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

Example Sentences:
'fugitives from the sweatshops'

2. fugitive, fugitive from justice

someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

Adjective

3. fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary

lasting for a markedly brief time

Example Sentences:
'a fleeting glance'
'fugitive hours'
'rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass'
'a momentary glimpse'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fugitive

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noun
1. 
a person who flees
2. 
a thing that is elusive or fleeting
adjective
3. 
fleeing, esp from arrest or pursuit
4. 
not permanent; fleeting; transient
5. 
moving or roving about

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Fugitive

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adjective
1. 
fleeing, apt to flee, or having fled, as from danger, justice, etc.
2. 
passing quickly away; fleeting; evanescent
3. 
having to do with matters of temporary interest
fugitive essays
4. 
roaming; shifting
noun
5. 
a person who flees or has fled from danger, justice, etc.
6. 
a fleeting or elusive thing

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Fugitive

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adj.
1.
a. Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
b. Of or relating to fugitives: "My brother ... was on the fugitive squad, tracking draft dodgers" (James Carroll).
2.
a. 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).
b. Difficult to comprehend or retain; elusive: fugitive solutions to the problem.
c. Given to change or disappearance; perishable: fugitive beauty; fugitive tint.
d. Of temporary interest: "Apart from juvenilia and fugitive verses, his poetic legacy consists of only some seventy poems" (Daniel Hoffman).
3. Wandering or tending to wander; vagabond: "We also chanced upon fugitive monks, penniless pilgrims and tradesmen" (Jeanne Marie Laskas).
n.
1. A person who flees, especially from a legal process, persecution, or danger.
2. Something fleeting or ephemeral.

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