Definition of absent

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Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

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Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..
Absent :: Absent (a.) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
Absentation :: Absentation (n.) The act of absenting one's self.
Absentaneous :: Absentaneous (a.) Pertaining to absence.
Absent :: Absent (a.) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air..
Absented :: Absented (imp. & p. p.) of Absen.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Abstracted; absent in mind.
Present :: Present (a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent..
Curator :: Curator (n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian..
Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..
Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc..
Greeting :: Greeting (n.) Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.
Dream :: Dream (n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend..
Absenting :: Absenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absen.
Away :: Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home..
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..
Absentment :: Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.
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