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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
absent

▶adjective /ˈabs(ə)nt/

1 not present.

2 showing a lack of attention.

▶verb /abˈsɛnt/ (absent oneself) stay or go away. ▶preposition /ˈabs(ə)nt/ N. Amer. without.

– derivatives
absently adverb.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. absens, absent-, pres. part. of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.

'absent' also found in these Oxford entries:

absentee - absent-minded - absit omen - anacoluthon - anencephalic - AWOL - backbiting - cut - distrait - doodle - dwaal - dystrophin - feather-brain - hole - lacking - leave - missing - oyster mushroom - pair - prosopopoeia - regent - scatty - skink - toy - vote

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