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abstained


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Abstain  \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. 




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