Synonymer

Uttal

  • RP:
    • IPA: /əb.ˈsteɪn/
  • US:
    • IPA: /əb.ˈsteɪn/
    • IPA: /æb.ˈsteɪn/

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Definitioner

Verb

  1. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
  2. (intransitive) Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) Fast.
  4. (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold.

Exempel

  • Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? - Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i
  • Not a few abstained from voting. - Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • Whether he abstain men from marying [sic]. - John Milton

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipabstained
Imperfektabstained
Presensparticipabstaining
Tredje person singular indicativ presensabstains

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