absent
/æbˈsɛnt/ verb C2- To keep (oneself) away. · Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.
He/she/it absents · Past absented · Past participle absented · -ing form absenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- absent
- He/she/it
- absents
- Past
- absented
- Past participle
- absented
- -ing form
- absenting
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Pitcher seized a moment to remark to the bookkeeper that the “old man” seemed to get more absent-minded and forgetful every day of the world.
She longed to inquire of the housekeeper whether her master were really absent, but had not courage for it.
Elizabeth did not quit her room for a moment, nor were the other ladies often absent; the gentlemen being out, they had in fact nothing to do elsewhere.
Harding would be absent until afternoon, and that he was himself a newcomer, who could give us no information.
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