| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: absisting, absisted, absists, absister, absisters, absistingly and absistedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ABSIST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Absist \Ab*sist"\, intransitive verb. [Latin expression absistere, p. pr. absistens; ab sistere to stand, causal of stare.]. (references) |
