Bible Dictionaries
Abstain

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.

(2):

(v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; - with from.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Abstain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/abstain.html. 1828.