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absisting

absisting is the present participle and gerund of absist.

Meaning of absist

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.
    • They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war.1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World.

Questions about absisting

What is absisting the present participle and gerund of?
Absisting is the present participle and gerund of absist.

Words near absisting in the dictionary

  1. absis
  2. absist
  3. absisted
  4. absistence
  5. absistences
  6. absisting
  7. absists
  8. absit
  9. absit invidia
  10. absit omen
  11. absite

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