The Only Use of
abstain
in
Frankenstein
- I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption, but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots which I gathered from a neighbouring wood.
Chpt 12abstained = chose not to do that
Definition:
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(abstain as in: abstained from alcohol) choose not to do something