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abstain
(encz) | abstain,abstinovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
abstain
(encz) | abstain,zdržovat se v: |
Abstain
(gcide) | Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. t.
To hinder; to withhold.
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Whether he abstain men from marrying. --Milton.
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Abstain
(gcide) | Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abstained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Abstaining.] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir,
abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. &
v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See
Tenable.]
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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Not a few abstained from voting. --Macaulay.
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Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? --Shak.
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Syn: To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up;
relinquish.
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abstain
(wn) | abstain
v 1: refrain from voting
2: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn:
abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have,
ingest, take, take in] |
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abstained
(encz) | abstained,nehlasoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
abstainer
(encz) | abstainer,abstinent n: |
abstaining
(encz) | abstaining,abstinující adj: |
Abstain
(gcide) | Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. t.
To hinder; to withhold.
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Whether he abstain men from marrying. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abstained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Abstaining.] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir,
abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. &
v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See
Tenable.]
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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Not a few abstained from voting. --Macaulay.
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Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? --Shak.
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Syn: To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up;
relinquish.
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Abstained
(gcide) | Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abstained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Abstaining.] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir,
abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. &
v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See
Tenable.]
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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Not a few abstained from voting. --Macaulay.
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Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? --Shak.
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Syn: To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up;
relinquish.
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Abstainer
(gcide) | Abstainer \Ab*stain"er\, n.
One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of
intoxicating liquors.
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Abstaining
(gcide) | Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abstained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Abstaining.] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir,
abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. &
v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See
Tenable.]
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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Not a few abstained from voting. --Macaulay.
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Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? --Shak.
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Syn: To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up;
relinquish.
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abstainer
(wn) | abstainer
n 1: someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
[syn: abstainer, ascetic]
2: a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
[syn: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker] [ant:
drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper] |
abstainer
(devil) | ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying
himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from
everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the
affairs of others.
Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought
You a total abstainer, my son."
"So I am, so I am," said the scapegrace caught --
"But not, sir, a bigoted one."
G.J.
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