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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Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To be absent, deficient, or wanting..
Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..
Absently :: Absently (adv.) In an absent or abstracted manner.
Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..
Absence :: Absence (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc..
Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..
Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..
Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Absenter :: Absenter (n.) One who absents one's self.
Muse :: Muse (n.) To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.
Absent :: Absent (a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent..
Backbite :: Backbite (v. i.) To censure or revile the absent.
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Away :: Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home..
Absenteeism :: Absenteeism (n.) The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
Present :: Present (a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent..
Absented :: Absented (imp. & p. p.) of Absen.
Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
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