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imp. & p. p.
of Abstain
n.
The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.
n.
A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.
n.
The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.
v. t.
To abstain from
n.
One who abstains.
n.
One who abstains from food.
v. t.
To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
a.
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
n.
One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.
prep.
At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym).
a.
Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Abstain
n.
One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
v. i.
To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.
v. t.
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
v. i.
To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
v. i.
To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
v.
To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
n.
One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
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