absist

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/əbˈsɪst//æbˈsɪst/

verb

To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.

OriginLatin absistere →
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Meanings

verbabsist (third-person singular simple present absists, present participle absisting, simple past and past participle absisted)

present singular third person absists · participle present absisting · participle past absisted · past absisted

  1. obsoleteTo 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ceasedesisthold

Origin

  1. Latinabsistere“desist”
  2. Englishabsist

Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with absist

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APA

absist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absist

MLA

“absist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absist.

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