"absit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: absits [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin absit (“let (him or her) be absent”), the third-person singular present active subjunctive of absum (“be absent”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|absit||let (him or her) be absent}} Latin absit (“let (him or her) be absent”), {{m|la|absum||be absent}} absum (“be absent”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} absit (plural absits)
  1. (UK) Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-absit-en-noun-Qtj62w~U Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Education
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of Education: 0 0

Noun [English]

Forms: absits [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic አብሲት (ʾäbsit, “proofing dough”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|am|አብሲት||proofing dough}} Amharic አብሲት (ʾäbsit, “proofing dough”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} absit (plural absits)
  1. A portion of fermenting dough diluted to a paste with water and then cooked. Categories (topical): Baking
    Sense id: en-absit-en-noun-bTYFQGym Disambiguation of Baking: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Education
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of Education: 0 0

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} absit
  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of absum Tags: active, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: absum
    Sense id: en-absit-la-verb-jeeoayVg Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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