absorptiveness (absorptivnes)

quality of being absorptive; absorptivity. absorptivity (ab-sorp-tiv'i-ti), n. The power or capacity of absorption. [Rare.] The absorptivity inherent in organic beings. J. D. Dana. absquatulate (ab-skwot'ū-lāt), v. i.; pret. and pp. absquatulated , ppr. absquatulating . [A feigned word, of American origin, simulating a L. derivation. Cf. abscond, ambulate.] To run away; abscond; make off. [Slang.] IMG:content-0092.png:[blocks in formation] (or that): absque, without, absque tali causa (abz'kwē tā'li ka'zä). [L.: absque, without; tali, abl. of talis, such; causa, abl. of causa, cause.] Without such cause: a phrase used in law. abs. re. In law, an abbreviation of Latin absente reo (which see), the defendant being absent. abstain (ab-stan'), v. [ Abstain from meats offered to idols. Acts xv. 29. To walk well, it is not enough that a man abstains from De Quincey, Hero dot us. dancing. II.t trans. To hinder; obstruct; debar; cause to keep away from: as, " abstain men from marrying," Milton . abstainer (ab-stā'ner), n. One who abstains; specifically, one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors; a teetotaler. abstain ment (ab-stan'ment), n. The act of abstaining; abstention. abstemious (ab-ste'mi-us), a. [L. abstemius, abs , from, + a supposed temum , strong drink, > temetum , strong drink, and temulent us , drunken.] 1. Sparing in diet; moderate in the use of food and drink; temperate; abstinent. Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up, and thriv'd amain. Milton , S. A., 1. 637. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious . Arbuthnot, Nat. and Choice of Aliments. Abstemious , refusing luxuries, not sourly and reproachfully, but simply as unfit for his habit. Emerson, Misc., p. 261. 2. Restricted; very moderate and plain; very sparing; spare: opposed to luxurious or rich: as, an abstemious diet.-3. Devoted to or spent in abstemiousne or abstinence: as, an ab stemious life. Till yonder sun descend, O let me pay To grief and anguish one abstemious day. Pope , Iliad, xix. 328. 4. Promoting or favoring abstemiousne ; a ociated with temperance. [Rare.] Such is the virtue of th' abstemious well. Dryden, Fables. abstemiously (ab-ste'mi-us-li), adv . In an abstemious manner; temperately; with a sparing use of meat or drink.