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Webster 1913 Edition

Abscond

Ab-scond′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Absconded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Absconding
.]
[L.
abscondere
to hide;
ab
,
abs
+
condere
to lay up;
con
+
dăre
(only in comp.) to put. Cf.
Do
.]
1.
To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
The marmot
absconds
all winter.
Ray.
2.
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one’s self; – used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process;
as, an
absconding
debtor
.
That very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to
abscond
.
Macaulay.

Ab-scond′

,
Verb.
T.
To hide; to conceal.
[Obs.]
Bentley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abscond

ABSCOND'

,
Verb.
I.
[L. abscondo, to hide, of abs and condo, to hide,
I.
e.
to withdraw, or to thrust aside or into a corner or secret place.]
1.
To retire from public view, or from the place in which one resides or is ordinarily to be found; to withdraw, or absent one's self in a private manner; to be concealed; appropriately, used of persons who secrete themselves to avoid a legal process.
2.
To hide, withdraw or be concealed; as 'the marmot absconds in winter.' [Little used.]

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