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Absquatulate (V) - to leave hurriedly, suddenly, or secretly
Origin: Mid 19th century: blend (simulating a Latin form) of abscond, squattle 'squat down', and perambulate.
1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps based on a mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle." Said to have been used by the U.S. Western character "Nimrod Wildfire" in the play "The Kentuckian," as re-written by British author William B. Bernard and staged in London in 1833. Related: Absquatulated; absquatulating
Some overthrown dictator who had absquatulated to the USA.

“The school should always have as its aim that the [graduate] leave it as a harmonious personality…The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge.” Albert Einstein, “On Education” (1936)