absenter

[From absent, v.t.] One who absents himself. "He Judge Foster] has fined all the absenters £20 apiece. Lord Thurlow: Lija i der M. Foster. ab-sent-ing, pr. par. [ABSENT, v.t. ] *ăb-sent-ment, s. [From absent, v.t.] The state of being absent. "A peregrination or absent ment from the bodv."Barrow: Works, ii 363. *ǎb-sey-book, s. [ABC.] A primer. "And then comes to answer like an Absey - book," Shakesp. King John, L. L In Mrs. Cowden Clarke's Concordance the line reads, "an ABC book." abs. feb. (absente febre). A contraction in physicians' prescriptions, signifying "in the absence of the fever."