a. Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. abdit-us hidden away, pa. pple. of abd-ĕre to put away, hide; f. ab off, away + dă-re to give, put. Cf. reconditus recondite.] Hidden away, put out of the way.
1635. Heywood, Hierarchie, VIII. 561. Things supernaturall we finde The depth whereof we cannot well conceive To [= too] Abdite and retruse from man’s weake minde.
