fugitive
fu·gi·tive (fyo̵̅o̅′ji tiv)
adjective
- fleeing, apt to flee, or having fled, as from danger, justice, etc.
- passing quickly away; fleeting; evanescent
- having to do with matters of temporary interest fugitive essays
- roaming; shifting
Etymology: ME fugitif < OFr < L fugitivus < pp. of fugere, to flee < IE base *bheug-, to flee > Gr phygē, flight
noun
- a person who flees or has fled from danger, justice, etc.
- a fleeting or elusive thing
fugitive
n.
fugitive
modif.
Preposition: from
- justice: He is probably Britain's most famous fugitive from justice.
- law: On the way she runs into another fugitive from the law ( Hurt ), an American who is being chased by the CIA.
Converse of object
- become: Jeremiah became a fugitive from the king's wrath.
- harbor: Sum Ting Wong 2 ) Are you harboring a fugitive?
- accuse: The North seems no more free than the Holand he fled from, a fugitive accused of attempted murder.
- overtake: They overtook the fugitives near a lake among the mountains of Ffestiniog and summoned them to yield.
- arrest: Apart from the need to arrest the fugitives, it was pointed out that there are serious problems with the finances of the court.
- hunt: He again came to Stamford in 1646 but this time as a hunted fugitive.
Preposition: on
- run: He was now a fugitive on the run from the government redcoats with a price of £ 30,000 on his head.
Adjective modifier
- wanted: He is still the leader of an unlawful organization and a wanted fugitive.
- other: He then spent the war in the forest as a partisan with a group of other fugitives.
- poor: The Sister is an immense favorite with the poor fugitives.
- young: Enough for us to know that their warfare prevented any pursuit of the young fugitives.
- more: All things appear more fugitive, and yet Less lovely than they did.
Modifies a noun
- slave: At eighteen he made a speech on helping fugitive slaves at America's first National Black Convention.
- emission: Fugitive Emissions from Fuels Emissions from the gas distribution network have been revised to take account of high pressure mains.
- piece: I also love Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels which won the Orange Prize a few years ago.
- leader: The group's fugitive leader was killed by federal agents in 2005.
- criminal: This was the first example of a ship-to-shore telegraph being used to catch a fugitive criminal.
- moment: He concentrates, like Keats, on just such types of fugitive moment, personified in the leitmotif of the firefly.
I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather; that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.
Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need.
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