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Definition: absist

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: absisting, absisted, absists, absister, absisters, absistingly and absistedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Absist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Absist \Ab*sist"\, intransitive verb. [Latin expression absistere, p. pr. absistens; ab sistere to stand, causal of stare.]. (references)

Synonyms: absist
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 desist.
Consider also: cease, abstain, discontinue, refrain, avoid.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. Top

Adjacent words:

Absinthiate     Absinthii     Absisting
Absinthiated     Absinthin     Absistingly
Absinthiatedly     Absinthism     Absists
Absinthiater     Absinthium     Abslom
Absinthiaters     Absis     Absolom
Absinthiates     Absist     Absolon
Absinthiating     Absisted     Absolut
Absinthiatingly     Absistedly     Absolute
Absinthic     Absistence     Absolute Alcohol
Absinthically     Absister     Absolute Ceiling
Absinthicly     Absisters     Absolute Constant


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