absist
verb/əbˈsɪst/ · /æbˈsɪst/
Etymology Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).
1
Obsolete To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.
- 1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World. They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war.
- Derived terms
- absistence