Abstain
111ἀφεκτέα — ἀφεκτέον one must abstain from neut nom/voc/acc pl ἀφεκτέᾱ , ἀφεκτέον one must abstain from fem nom/voc/acc dual ἀφεκτέᾱ , ἀφεκτέον one must abstain from fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) ἀφεκτέος neut nom/voc/acc pl …
112abstainer — noun 1. someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline • Syn: ↑ascetic • Derivationally related forms: ↑ascetic (for: ↑ascetic), ↑ascetical (for: ↑ascetic) …
113holy day of obligation — noun a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion • Hypernyms: ↑Christian holy day • Hyponyms: ↑Solemnity of Mary, ↑January 1, ↑Ascension, ↑Ascension Day, ↑Ascension of the Lord …
114swear off — verb promise to abstain from (Freq. 2) I have sworn off cigarettes altogether • Hypernyms: ↑promise, ↑assure • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * (informal) …
115YEVAMOT — (Heb. יְבָמוֹת; Levirate Marriages ), first tractate in the order Nashim, in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. In the Cambridge manuscript it is called Nashim ( Women ), a title which is partly justified by the great… …
116Fast — Fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[=e]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from food; …
117Fasted — Fast Fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[=e]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from… …
118Fasting — Fast Fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[=e]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from… …
119Fasting day — Fast Fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[=e]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from… …
120Forgo — For*go , v. t. [imp. {Forwent}; p. p. {Forgone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forgoing}.] [OE. forgan, forgon, forgoon, AS. forg[=a]n, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for + g[=a]n to go; akin to G. vergehen to pass away, to transgress. See… …
