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Etymology 1[]
From Middle French absent < Old French ausent < Latin absent-, the stem of absens, present participle of abesse (“‘to be away from’”), formed from ab + esse (“‘to be’”).
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Absent (not comparable)
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- Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
- 1623, Template:Shak., All’s Well That Ends Well, II-iii
- Expecting absent friends.
- Not existing; lacking.
- The part was rudimental or absent.
- Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
- 1746-1747, Chesterfield, Letters to his Son
- What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
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- present
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Etymology 2[]
From Latin absente (“‘being absent’”)
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- without
- The gross value represents returns absent both taxation and interest on the investment’s cash component.
- 1919, State vs. Britt, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2, in The Southwestern Reporter, page 427
- If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.
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Etymology 3[]
From Old French, from Late Latin absentare (“‘keep away, be away’”).
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to Absent (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive, with reflexive pronoun) To go away from a place; to leave.
- (A date for this quote is being sought): Addison — If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
- (transitive, obsolete) To withhold from being present
- 1851, John Milton, The Paradise Lost — Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.
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- abenst,
- abnets
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Etymology[]
Borrowed from Latin absens.
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Absent m. (f. Absente, m. plural Absents, f. plural Absentes)
- absent
- absent-minded
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Absent m. (plural Absents)
- absentee; missing person
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- abenst,
- basent
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