Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Absent \Ab*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absented}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Absenting}.] [Cf. F. absenter.]
   1. To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to
      prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

            If after due summons any member absents himself, he
            is to be fined.                       --Addison.

   2. To withhold from being present. [Obs.] ``Go; for thy stay,
      not free, absents thee more.'' --Milton.