Part 56

<hw>Ab*squat"u*late</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take one's self off; to decamp.</def> <mark>[A jocular word. U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Absque hoc</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Abs"que hoc</hw> <tt>(#)</tt><def>. <ety>[L., without this.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.</def>

<h1>Abstain</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*stain"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abstained</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abstaining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>absteynen</ets>, <ets>abstenen</ets>, OF. <ets>astenir</ets>, <ets>abstenir</ets>, F. <ets>abstenir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>abstinere</ets>, <ets>abstentum</ets>, v. t. & v. i., to keep from; <ets>ab</ets>, <ets>abs + tenere</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>.]</ety> <def>To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with <i>from</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Not a few <b>abstained</b> from voting. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who <b>abstains</b> from meat that is not gaunt? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up; relinquish.</syn>

<h1>Abstain</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*stain"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To hinder; to withhold.</def>

<blockquote>Whether he <b>abstain</b> men from marrying. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abstainer</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*stain"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.</def>

<h1>Abstemious</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*ste"mi*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abstemius</ets>; <ets>ab</ets>, <ets>abs</ets> + root of <ets>temetum</ets> intoxicating drink.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Abstaining from wine.</def> <mark>[Orig. Latin sense.]</mark>

<blockquote>Under his special eye <b>Abstemious</b> I grew up and thrived amain. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.</def>

<blockquote>Instances of longevity are chiefly among the <b>abstemious</b>. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; <as>as, an <ex>abstemious</ex> diet</as>.</def>

<i>Gibbon.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; <as>as, an <ex>abstemious</ex> life</as>.</def> "One <i>abstemious</i> day."

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Promotive of abstemiousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Such is the virtue of the <b>abstemious</b> well. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abstemiousness</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*ste"mi*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than <i>temperance</i>.</def>

<h1>Abstention</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*sten"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Abstain</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.</def>