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absists

absists is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 absists

What is absists the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Absists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of absist.

Words near absists in the dictionary

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

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