not+absent

  • 11Absent Healing — is a spiritual faith healing ceremony performed by practitioners of witchcraft and of other related belief systems. The ceremony can be performed collectively with a coven or alone, however the person to be healed is not present during the… …

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  • 12absent parent — a parent of a child not living in the same household as the child when the child has his home with a parent with care. The phrase is relevant in the law relating to child support. Each absent parent of a qualifying child is responsible for… …

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  • 13absent — [adj1] not present astray, away, AWOL*, elsewhere, ghost, gone, hooky*, missing, nobody home*, no show*, removed, vanished; concept 583 Ant. attending, existing, present absent [adj2] deficient in something needed or usual bare, blank, devoid,… …

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  • 14absent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not present. 2) showing a lack of attention. ► VERB (absent oneself) ▪ stay or go away. DERIVATIVES absently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin abesse to be away …

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  • 15Not My Kid — Directed by Michael Tuchner Produced by Patricia Finnegan Sheldon Pinchuk Written by Christopher …

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  • 16Absent — Ab*sent , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absenting}.] [Cf. F. absenter.] 1. To take or withdraw (one s self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; used with the reflexive pronoun. [1913 Webster] If after due summons any… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 17absent — absents, absenting, absented (The adjective and preposition are pronounced [[t]æ̱bs(ə)nt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]æbse̱nt[/t]].) 1) ADJ: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ from n If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they …

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  • 18absent — ab|sent1 [ˈæbsənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of abesse, from ab away + esse to be ] 1.) not at work, school, a meeting etc, because you are sick or decide not to go ≠ ↑present absent from ▪ students who …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19absent — ab|sent1 [ æbsənt ] adjective * 1. ) not in the place where you should be or are expected to be: How many of them are absent without permission? absent from: He s been absent from school for three days. a ) FORMAL missing from a place or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20absent-minded — adj. habitually forgetful or inattentive; with one s mind on other things. Derivatives: absent mindedly adv. absent mindedness n. * * * absent mindedly, adv. absent mindedness, n. /ab seuhnt muyn did/, adj. so lost in thought that one does not… …

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