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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Musard :: Musard (v. i.) A dreamer; an absent-minded person.
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..
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..
Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..
Absenter :: Absenter (n.) One who absents one's self.
Present :: Present (a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to 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..
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..
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..
Muzzy :: Muzzy (a.) Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.
Elvish :: Elvish (a.) Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish..
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..
Greeting :: Greeting (n.) Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.
Privation :: Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
Absenting :: Absenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absen.
Absented :: Absented (imp. & p. p.) of Absen.
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..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc..
Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Absentment :: Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.
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