abstain
ඉංග්‍රීසි
සංස්කරණයනිරුක්තිය
සංස්කරණයFirst attested around 1380. From මධ්‍යකාලීන ඉංග්‍රීසි absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from ලතින් abstineō (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + teneō (“I hold”). See also tenable.
උච්චාරණය
සංස්කරණය- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsteɪn/
- (US) IPA(key): /əbˈsteɪn/, /æbˈsteɪn/
ඕඩියෝ (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪn
ක්‍රියාපදය
සංස්කරණයabstain (third-person singular simple present abstains, present participle abstaining, simple past and past participle abstained)
- වළකිනවා
- වැළකෙනවා
- (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the mid 16th century.][1]
- (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- In order to improve his health, Rob decided to abstain from smoking.
- (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 22 May 1948, United Nations, Security Council Resolution 49
- The Security Council […] calls upon all Governments and authorities, without prejudice to the rights, claims or positions of the parties concerned, to abstain from any hostile military action in Palestine and to that end to issue a cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces
- 1597, Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i:
- Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?
- (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- (intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- 1913, Thomas Babington Macaulay, A Short History of English Liberalism:
- […] forcing a small portion of the population to abstain from voting
- (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- I abstain from this vote, as I have no particular preference.
- (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- (transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.][1]
- 1645, John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions on the four chief places in Scripture:
- Whether he abstain men from marying [sic].
- (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
භාවිත සටහන්
සංස්කරණය- (keep or withhold oneself): Followed by the word from or of.
- (refrain from something): Followed by the word from.
Conjugation
සංස්කරණයConjugation of abstain
| infinitive | (to) abstain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | abstain | abstained | |
| 2nd-person singular | abstain, abstainest† | abstained, abstainedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | abstains, abstaineth† | abstained | |
| plural | abstain | ||
| subjunctive | abstain | abstained | |
| imperative | abstain | — | |
| participles | abstaining | abstained | |
සමාන පද
සංස්කරණයව්යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්
සංස්කරණයආශ්රිත යෙදුම්
සංස්කරණයපරිවර්තන
සංස්කරණයrefrain from
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refrain from voting
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hinder, withhold
මූලාශ්‍ර
සංස්කරණය- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstain”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.