What does "absist" mean?

To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.

What is a synonym for "absist"?

Common synonyms include: cease, desist.

//əbˈsɪst// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist. obsolete
"1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World. They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war."

"1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World. They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war."

Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).

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