Definition of absent

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Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

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Absentness :: Absentness (n.) The quality of being absent-minded.
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..
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.
Musard :: Musard (v. i.) A dreamer; an absent-minded person.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc..
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..
Away :: Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home..
Absence :: Absence (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Thence :: Thence (adv.) Not there; elsewhere; absent.
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent..
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.
Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..
Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
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..
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.
Absenting :: Absenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absen.
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.
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