Absist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Absist \Ab*sist"\, v. i. [L. absistere, p. pr. absistens; ab +
     sistere to stand, causal of stare.]
     To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. [Obs.]
     --Raleigh.
     [1913 Webster]