absist

== English == === Etymology === Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əbˈsɪst/, /æbˈsɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst === Verb === absist (third-person singular simple present absists, present participle absisting, simple past and past participle absisted) (obsolete) To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist. 1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World. They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Staibs, absits