ABSCONDED

Verb

absconded

simple past tense and past participle of abscond

Source: Wiktionary

ABSCOND

Ab*scond", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Absconded; p. pr. & vb. n. Absconding.] Etym: [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs + condere to lay up; con + dare (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", v. t.

Definition: To hide; to conceal. [Obs.] Bentley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition