[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abscond \abscond"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. absconded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. absconding. l. abscondere to hide; ab, abs +
   condere to lay up; con + da^re only in comp. to put. cf.
   do.
   1. to hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
      1913 webster

            the marmot absconds all winter.       --ray.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            that very homesickness which, in regular armies,
            drives so many recruits to abscond.   --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
absconded absconding do 

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