The Collaborative International Dictionary
Absent \Ab*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Absented; p. pr. & vb. n. Absenting.] [Cf. F. absenter.]
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To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
--Addison. To withhold from being present. [Obs.] ``Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.''
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of absent English)
Usage examples of "absenting".
The delirious fever into which the wounds and the scene of that night had thrown me, and the long interval that consequently elapsed before inquiry was directed to Oswald, gave him every opportunity and indulgence in absenting himself from the country, and it was not improbable that he had accompanied Aubrey to Italy.