ABSTAIN
\ɐbstˈe͡ɪn], \ɐbstˈeɪn], \ɐ_b_s_t_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of ABSTAIN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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To hinder; to withhold.
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To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; - with from.
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To hinder; to withhold.
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To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; - with from.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To hold or refrain from.
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To hinder: to obstruct: to debar: to cause to keep away from. "Abstain men from marrying."-Milton.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
Nearby Words
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- absque tali causa
- abstain
- a (, n. the state of being a [r.] de quincey.
- a (a) a shed for housing an airship or a (b) a ground or field, esp. one equipped with housing and other facilities, used for flying purposes. -- a` (#), a.
- a 1. the act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
- a 1. to infuse air into; to combine air with.
- a a club or association of persons interested in a