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abstinant (c.1170)
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abstinant (c.1170)

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abstinent;  astenant  
  FEW:  abstinere 24,57b Gdf:  astenant 1,458a GdfC:  astenent 8,219b TL: astenir (astenant) 1,162 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  abstinent  TLF:  abstinent  OED:  abstinent a. and n.  MED:  abstinent a.  DMLBS:  abstinere (abstinens) 10a

a.

abstinent, continent: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le pople me tynt mut abstinent E joe fu refet trop charneument  S Fran ANTS 2449
♦fig.discreet, modest: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  mut iert abstinant, Ki les passout trestuz e s’en iert si celaunt  Horn 2546
estre abstinant de
to abstain from, eschew: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Li seint […] Astenanz sont des riens leues Q’is ne facent les nonleues  Dial Greg SATF 15193

See also:

abstenir 
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