absteen

== Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əbˈstin/, /ˈəbstin/ (Mry., Nairn, e.Crm.) IPA(key): /əbˈsten/ === Verb === absteen (Northern Scots) to abstain ==== Related terms ==== === References === “absteen, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “absteen”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[1]