Definition of absent

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Absent (a.) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air..

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Muzzy :: Muzzy (a.) Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.
Obrok :: Obrok (n.) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.
Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Backbite :: Backbite (v. i.) To censure or revile the absent.
Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..
Absence :: Absence (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Off :: Off (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics..
Away :: Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home..
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Missing :: Missing (v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.
Prosopop/ia :: Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification..
Absentment :: Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.
Greeting :: Greeting (n.) Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.
Dream :: Dream (n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend..
Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary..
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.
Furlough :: Furlough (a.) Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence..
Curator :: Curator (n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc..
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