absteen
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Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]absteen
- (Northern Scots) to abstain
Related terms
[edit]nouns
References
[edit]- “absteen, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “absteen”, in The Online Scots Dictionary[1]