absist

English

Etymology

Latin absistere, present active infinitive of absistō (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əbˈsɪst/, /æbˈsɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

absist (third-person singular simple present absists, present participle absisting, simple past and past participle absisted)

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.

Derived terms

• absistence

 

Anagrams

• Staibs, absits