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Absented

Absent \Ab*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Absented; p. pr. & vb. n. Absenting.] [Cf. F. absenter.]

  1. 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.

  2. To withhold from being present. [Obs.] ``Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.''
    --Milton.

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absented

vb. (en-past of: absent)

Usage examples of "absented".

Quite prudently, he had absented himself from the country during the deaths of William and of Mary.

Indeed, whenever Andree and the children absented themselves, Ambroise still kept a good cook to minister to his needs, for he held the cuisine of restaurants in horror.

His duties absented him from the castle for days, even weeks at a time, as he kept his trackers busy looking for signs of poaching, possible fire dangers, migrating goblins, or outlaws camping in the woods.

Refusing to vote for independence but understanding the need for Congress to speak with one voice, John Dickinson and Robert Morris had voluntarily absented themselves from the proceedings, thus swinging Pennsylvania behind independence by a vote of three to two.