absist
English
editEtymology
editLatin absistere, present active infinitive of absistō (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /əbˈsɪst/, /æbˈsɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪst
Verb
editabsist (third-person singular simple present absists, present participle absisting, simple past and past participle absisted)
- (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.
- 1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World.