Part 49

<blockquote>If after due summons any member <b>absents</b> himself, he is to be fined. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To withhold from being present.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Go; for thy stay, not free, <i>absents</i> thee more."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Absentaneous</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab`sen*ta"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>absentaneus</ets>. See <er>absent</er>]</ety> <def>Pertaining to absence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Absentation</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab`sen*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of absenting one's self.</def>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Absentee</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab`sen*tee"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; <as>as, an Irish <ex>absentee</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Absenteeism</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab`sen*tee"ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.</def>

<h1>Absenter</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*sent"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who absents one's self.</def>

<h1>Absently</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab"sent*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an absent or abstracted manner.</def>

<h1>Absentment</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*sent"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being absent; withdrawal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Absent-minded</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab`sent-mind"ed</hw><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Absentness</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab"sent*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being absent-minded.</def>

<i>H. Miller.</i>

<h1>Absey-book</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab"sey-book`</hw><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An A-B-C book; a primer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>