Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.

    1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World. They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war.

Origin

Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).

Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).

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Forms

absists, absisting, absisted, absisted
Base formabsist · to absist
3rd person singularabsists
Present participleabsisting
Past simpleabsisted
Past participleabsisted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabsist
he, she, itabsists

Past simpleLesson

all personsabsisted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave absisted
he, she, ithas absisted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill absist

Word family

1 related words
Derivedabsistence

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
absentB1absenteeB2absentiaabsintheabsoluteB1absolutelyB1
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