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absconder

/ap.skɔ̃.de/

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verb/ap.skɔ̃.de/

to set (said of the Sun at sunset)

Synonyms: se coucher

Borrowed from Latin abscondere (“to hide”). According to the Trésor de la langue française, attested since the 16th century, and a doublet of the then-contemporary abscondre. Cognate with the (now obsolete) French esconcer (“to set (said of the Sun)”), and Picard esconser (“to set (said of the Sun)”).