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Definition of Abstains
1. abstain [v] - See also: abstain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstains
Literary usage of Abstains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lucius Q.C. Lamar: His Life, Times, and Speeches, 1825-1893 by Edward Mayes (1896)
"... abstains from Politics—BN Harrison—CC Clay—Southern Sufferings—Correspondence—Accepts
Professorship of Metaphysics—Made Law Professor—Character and ..."
2. The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign by James Stuart Murray Anderson (1845)
"... sole command of the Colony—His character— The power of exercising martial law
committed to him—Its tyrannical enactments—Dale abstains from enforcing it ..."
3. The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign by James Stuart Murray Anderson (1856)
"Dale abstains ^ must be evident, that to attempt to forcing";! in build up any
good work upon so miserable ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Formally, virginity is but the purpose of perpetually preserving perfect chastity
in one who abstains from sexual pleasure. Ordinarily this purpose is ..."
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