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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flee \Flee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS fle['o]n (imperf.
fle['a]h); akin to D. vlieden OHG. & OS fliohan G.
fliehen Icel. fl?ja (imperf. fl??i), Dan. flye, Sw fly
(imperf. flydde), Goth. pliuhan (?) 84. Cf {Flight}.]
To run away as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed
or cowardly manner; to hasten off -- usually with from This
is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
--Shak.
Flee fornication. --1 Cor. vi
18.
So fled his enemies my warlike father. --Shak.
Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use
fly, not flee; as fly hence to France with the utmost
speed. ``Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?''
--Shak. See {Fly}, v. i., 5.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fleeing
adj : running away from (or as if from) danger; "the fleeing
survivors" [syn: {fleeing(a)}, {running(a)}]
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