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abstain

1. [işlik] saklanmak [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

abstain

v. i. [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 self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. ()

Not a few abstained from voting. (Macaulay.)

Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? (Shak.)

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v. t. To hinder; to withhold. ()

Whether he abstain men from marrying. (Milton.)