All 3 Uses of
abstain
in
Mansfield Park
- Satisfied that the cause was now on a footing the most proper and hopeful, Sir Thomas resolved to abstain from all farther importunity with his niece, and to shew no open interference.
Chpt 33 *abstain = choose not to do something
- You should listen to me till you were tired, and advise me till you were still tired more; but it is impossible to put a hundredth part of my great mind on paper, so I will abstain altogether, and leave you to guess what you like.
Chpt 43
- I purposely abstain from dates on this occasion, that every one may be at liberty to fix their own, aware that the cure of unconquerable passions, and the transfer of unchanging attachments, must vary much as to time in different people.
Chpt 48abstain = keep away (choose not to specify)
Definition:
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(abstain as in: abstained from alcohol) choose not to do something