abstinent

[In Fr. abstinent; Ital. astinente; Lat. abstinens.] [ABSTAIN.] Refraining from undue indulgence, especially in food and liquor; abstemious. "Seldom have you seen one continent that is not abstinent."- Hales: Golden Remains. abs'-tin-ent-lý, adv. [ABSTINENT.] In an abstinent manner; with abstinence. "If thou hadst ever re-admitted Adam into Para dise, how abstinently how abstinently would he have walked by that tree."-Donne: Devotions, p. 623.