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Webster 1913 Edition
Abstinent
Ab′sti-nent
,Adj.
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
Beau. & Fl.
Ab′sti-nent
,Noun.
1.
One who abstains.
2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abstinent
AB'STINENT
,Adj.