Abstain definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ABSTA'IN, v.i. [L ... restraint upon the passions or appetites; to refrain from indulgence. Abstain from meats offered to idols. Acts 15. To abstain from the use of ardent spirits; to abstain from luxuries. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: refrain from voting 2: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have, ingest, take, take in] ...
... work goes on fast. F'AST, v.i. 1. To abstain from food, beyond the usual time; to omit to take ... as, to fast a day or a week. 2. To abstain from food voluntarily, for the mortification of the body or ... the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. Matthew 6. 3. To abstain from food partially, or from particular kinds of food; as ... n 1: abstaining from food [syn: fast, fasting] v 1: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" 2: abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast" adv ... from Old English fæstan Date: before 12th century 1. to abstain from food 2. to eat sparingly or abstain from ...
... To pause; to delay; as, forbear a while. 3. To abstain; to omit; to hold one's self from motion or ... To avoid voluntarily; to decline. Forbear his presence. 2. To abstain from; to omit; to avoid doing. Learn from the scriptures ... shun < forbear his presence — Shakespeare > intransitive verb 1. hold back, abstain < have forborne from taking part in any controversy — Abraham Lincoln ... part. forborne) (often foll. by from, or to + infin.) literary abstain or desist (from) (could not forbear (from) speaking out; forbore ... v. t. 1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of ... desist, stay, hold, break off, leave off, give over. 2. Abstain, refrain. 3. Be tolerant, endure, be patient. II. v. ...
... by. Genesis 45. REFRA'IN, v.i. To forbear; to abstain; to keep one's self from action or interference. Refrain ... forbear] [ant: act, move] 2: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have, ingest, take, take in] Merriam ... from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. Refrain from these men, and let them alone. --Acts v ... time after. --Sir T. Browne. Syn: To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Refrain Re*frain" (r?*fr ... thy foot from their path. --Prov. i. 15. 2. To abstain from [Obs.] Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, ...
... no immediate action < the matter will keep until morning > 4. abstain, refrain < can't keep from talking > 5. to be in ... drawer). 5 tr. (foll. by from) cause to avoid or abstain from something (will keep you from going too fast). 6 ... cause to stay away from. 2 ward off; avert. 3 abstain from. 4 avoid (a subject) (let's keep off religion ... as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.] To keep from, to abstain or refrain from. To keep in with, to keep on ... her virginity. Moby Thesaurus POW camp, TLC, abide, abide by, abstain, accede to, accommodate, accommodation, accommodations, accumulate, acknowledge, acropolis, act up ...
... tr. (also forego) (-goes; past -went; past part. -gone) 1 abstain from; go without; relinquish. 2 omit or decline to take ... AS. forg[=a]n, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for- + g[=a]n to go; akin to ... 6:21; 2Ti 2:18. Moby Thesaurus abandon, abdicate, abjure, abstain, abstain from, acknowledge defeat, avoid, cease, cede, cry quits, desist from ...
... just now; can spare you a couple). 2 tr. a abstain from killing, hurting, wounding, etc. (spared his feelings; spared her life). b abstain from inflicting or causing; relieve from (spare me this talk ... Superfluous, supernumerary. Moby Thesaurus Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abandon, abjure, absolve, abstain, abstain from, abstemious, accessory, additional, afford, agent, allow, alternate, alternative, amnesty ...
... to me; nothing was left to chance). 9 tr. a abstain from consuming or dealing with. b (in passive; often foll ... leave hold of cease holding. leave it at that colloq. abstain from comment or further action. leave much (or a lot ... expressed. --Bacon. 3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. Now leave complaining and begin your tea. --Pope. 4 ... abdicate, abrupt, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, abstain from, accord, add a codicil, adieu, admission, admit, alienate, allow ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary AB'STINENCE, n. [L. abstinentia. See Abstain.] 1. In general, the act or practice of voluntarily refraining ... sti*nence, n. [F. abstinence, L. abstinentia, fr. abstinere. See Abstain.] 1. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of ... arrive at purity and holiness" (`Ab. Zarah, 20b; Siphra', Kedhoshim). "Abstain from everything evil and from whatever is like unto it ... 3 1)--a saying evidently based on Job 31:1, "Abstain from the lusts of the flesh and the world." The ...
... 3.0 (2005) v 1: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have, ingest, take, take in] Merriam ... Oxford Reference Dictionary v.intr. (often foll. by from) literary abstain; cease (please desist from interrupting; when requested, he desisted). Etymology ...
... clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. What need ... with. 2. Forbear, refrain from, help (after cannot). Moby Thesaurus abstain, abstain from, avert, be stuck-up, bilk, blench, blink, circumvent, cringe ...
... to the so-called seven precepts of Noah, viz., to abstain from idolatry, blasphemy, bloodshed, uncleaness, the eating of blood, theft ... the authorities. Besides these laws, however, they were required to abstain from work on the Sabbath, and to refrain from the ...
... the remembrance of them to cease. Deutoronomy 32. 5. To abstain; as, cease from anger. Psalms 37. To cease from labor ... the land. --Deut. xv. 11. Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end. Collin's Cobuild ...