Helen Fenton

Abstinent: Definition and part of speech

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Abstinent

  1. n. One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
  2. a. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
  3. n. One who abstains.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abstinence: Definition and part of speech

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Abstinence

  1. n. The practice of self-denial by depriving one’s self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
  2. n. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, — called also total abstinence.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abstergent: Definition and part of speech

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Abstergent

  1. n. A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.
  2. a. Serving to cleanse, detergent.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.