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abstaining
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vb. (present participle of abstain English)
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Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abstained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Abstaining .] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir, abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. & v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See Tenable .] To hold one's ...
Usage examples of abstaining.
During that long tete-a-tete I had no difficulty in abstaining from bestowing any caresses upon her.
It is Lord Brock's own doing too, after all that he has said about abstaining from factious opposition to the Government.
Writing more and more smartly, he found the usual difficulty in abstaining from a smartness which was unjust because irrelevant.