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Webster 1913 Edition


Recondite

Rec′on-dite

(rĕk′ŏn-dīt or rē̍kŏn′dĭt; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
reconditus
, p. p. of
recondere
to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref.
re-
re- +
condere
to bring or lay together. See
Abscond
.]
1.
Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse;
as,
recondite
causes of things
.
2.
Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching;
as,
recondite
studies
.
“Recondite learning.”
Bp. Horsley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Recondite

REC'ONDITE

,
Adj.
[L. reconditus, recondo; re and condo to conceal.]
1.
Secret; hidden from the view or intellect; abstruse; as recondite causes of things.
2.
Profound; dealing in things abstruse; as recondite studies.