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abstain
late 14c., "to withhold oneself," from O.Fr.
abstenir
, from L.
abstinere
"withhold," from
ab(s)-
"from, away from" +
tenere
"to hold" (see
tenet
). Specifically of liquor, attested from late 14c. Of voting, 1885.
