"absence" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /abˈsɛns(ə)/ Forms: absences [plural]
Etymology: From Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“of, by, from”) + sum (“I am”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|absence}} Old French absence, {{m|fro|ausence}} ausence, {{der|enm|la|absentia}} Latin absentia, {{m|la|absēns||absent}} absēns (“absent”), {{m|la|absum||I am away or absent}} absum (“I am away or absent”), {{m|la|ab||of, by, from}} ab (“of, by, from”), {{m|la|sum||I am}} sum (“I am”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} absence, {{enm-noun}} absence (plural absences)
  1. Being away or elsewhere; absence.
    Sense id: en-absence-enm-noun-dmeLUw8s
  2. Nonattendance or nonexistence; failure to appear.
    Sense id: en-absence-enm-noun-SLkIFtnW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: absent

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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