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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Absent \Ab*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absenting}.] [Cf. F. absenter.] 1. To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun. If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. --Addison. 2. To withhold from being present. [Obs.] [bd]Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.[b8] --Milton. | |
