Definition of Abstein
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.
Not a few abstained from voting.
Macaulay.
Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?
Shak.
Syn. -- To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up;
relinquish.
Ab*stain", v. t. To hinder; to
withhold.
Whether he abstain men from marrying.
Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (intransitive) Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
- (intransitive) To shun voluntarily.
*Not a few abstained from voting. - Macaulay
*Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? - Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i
- (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
- (transitive) Hinder; withhold.
*Whether he abstain men from marrying. - Milton
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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