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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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