To make absent; take or keep away: now used only reflexively, but formerly sometimes otherwise, as by Milton: as, to absent one's self from home; he absented himself from the meeting.
Not in a certain place at a given time; not in consciousness or thought at a certain time; away: opposed to present.
Not existing; wanting; not forming a part or attribute of: as, among them refinement is absent; revenge is entirely absent from his mind.
Absent-minded (which see).
noun.
One who is not present; an absentee.
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transitive verb.
To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
transitive verb.
To withhold from being present.
adjective.
Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
adjective.
Not existing; lacking.
adjective.
Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
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adjective.
lost in thought; showing preoccupation
adjective.
not being in a specified place
adjective.
nonexistent
verb.
go away or leave
Word Usage
"Such a Nootka word, for instance, as when, as they say, he had been absent for four days might be expected to embody at least three radical elements corresponding to the concepts of absent, four, and day."