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Definition of Abstained
1. abstain [v] - See also: abstain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstained
Literary usage of Abstained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Although he was sometimes moved to great wrath he abstained from using abusive
words. Unlike his countrymen generally he was moderate in eating and drinking ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"(122) Their military acclamations saluted him with the title of king : out he
abstained, during his whole reign, from the use of the purple and dia- dem ..."
3. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: In 1852 [-1859 by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Richard Torin Kindersley, John Jackson Smale (1860)
"But however that may be, it appears to me that the fact is established that Dr.
Cochrane abstained from bringing over his own plate from Scotland, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"... peace of this country and the rights of other states. ing in the traffic, or
that ehe baa abstained from it either in act or declaration. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Cresswell Cresswell (1829)
"... and we think they are not at liberty to say that they abstained from attending
because they did not know the specific purpose for which the meeting was ..."
6. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"... by whom these things were effected, still abstained from that religious
persecution to which he was urged.1" He granted to the Protestants the tol- 140 ..."
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