ABSTAINED

Definition: ABSTAINED

ABSTAINED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Abstain

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "ABSTAINED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Crosswords: ABSTAINED

English words defined with "ABSTAINED": Encratite ♦ prudential ♦ Rechabite. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ABSTAINED": Proselytes. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	In the meantime, he abstained from using that money.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Comoros	The deputies of Mayotte abstained. (references)
	Yemen	As a member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for 1990 and 1991,Yemen abstained on a number of UNSC resolutions concerning Iraq and Kuwait and voted against the "use of force resolution." Western and Gulf Arab states reacted by curtailing or canceling aid programs and diplomatic contacts. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"ABSTAINED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 80.56% of the time. "ABSTAINED" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	80.56%	58	44,427
Lexical Verb (past participle)	18.06%	13	97,576
Noun (proper)	1.39%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	72	N/A

Language		Translations for "ABSTAINED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�' (Abstain, Abstaining, Abstention). (various references)

French		abstinrent, abstenues, abstenu, abstînmes. (various references)

German		Abstand genommen, enthielt (contained). (various references)

Italian		astenuto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		断ち物 (foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たちもの (cutting, foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted). (various references)

Pig Latin		abstaineday.(various references)

Spanish		abstinente (abstainer, abstaining, abstinent, abstinently). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"ABSTAINED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abstatined, Bastafield. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ABSTAINED" (pronounced ubstā"nd or abstā"nd)
5	-s t ā" n d	stained, sustained, unstained.
4	-t ā" n d	ascertained, attained, contained, detained, entertained, maintained, obtained, pertained, retained.
3	-ā" n d	arraigned, brained, campaigned, caned, chained, complained, constrained, craned, disdained, drained, explained, feigned, gained, grained, ingrained, maned, ordained, pained, planed, preordained, rained, refrained, regained, reigned, reined, remained, restrained, retrained, sprained, strained, trained, unconstrained, unexplained, unrestrained, untrained, waned.
5	-s t ā" n d	stained, sustained, unstained.
4	-t ā" n d	ascertained, attained, contained, detained, entertained, maintained, obtained, pertained, retained.
3	-ā" n d	arraigned, brained, campaigned, caned, chained, complained, constrained, craned, disdained, drained, explained, feigned, gained, grained, ingrained, maned, ordained, pained, planed, preordained, rained, refrained, regained, reigned, reined, remained, restrained, retrained, sprained, strained, trained, unconstrained, unexplained, unrestrained, untrained, waned.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bastinade.
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-i-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: tabanids.
	-2 letters: abstain, ansated, bandies, bandits, banties, basined, basinet, destain, detains, diabase, entasia, indabas, instead, naiades, sainted, stained, tabanid, taenias.
	-3 letters: abased, abated, abates, abatis, abides, absent, adnate, ansate, baited, bandit, basted, bedsit, biased, bidets, binate, debits, detain, indaba, naiads, sabine, sained, stadia, staned, taenia, teinds, tenias, tineas, tisane.
	-4 letters: abase, abate, abets, abide, adits, aides, anise, ansae, antae, antas, anted, antes, antis, aside, baaed, baits, bands, baned, banes, based, basin, baste, bated, bates, beads, beans, beast, beats, bends, bents, betas, bides, bidet, binds, bines, bints, bites, dates, deans, debit, debts, deist, dents, diets, dines, dints, ditas, dites, edits, entia, etnas, ideas, inset, nabes, nabis, nadas, naiad, nates, neats, neist, nides, nites, sabed, sabin, saint, saned, sated, satin, sedan, senti, sited, snide, stade, staid, stain, stand, stane, stead, stein, stied, tabes, tabid, tains, teind, tends, tenia, tides, tinea, tined, tines, tsade, tsadi.
	-5 letters: abas, abed, abet, adit, aide, aids, ains, aits, anas, ands, anes, anis, ansa, anta, ante, anti, ants, asea, ates, baas, bade, bads, bait, band, bane, bani, bans, base, bast, bate, bats, bead, bean, beat, beds, bend, bens, bent, best, beta, bets, bias, bide, bids, bind, bine, bins, bint, bise, bite, bits, dabs, dais, data, date, dean, debs, debt, deni, dens, dent, dibs, dies, diet, dine, dins, dint, dita, dite, dits, east, eats, edit, ends, etas, etna, idea, ides, isba, nabe, nabs, nada, neat, nebs, nest, nets, nibs, nide, nite, nits, sabe, sade, sadi, said, sain, sand, sane, sate, sati, seat, send, sent, seta, side, sine, site, sned, snib, snit, stab, tabs, tads, tain, tans, teas, teds, tend, tens, tide, tied, ties, tine, tins.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-i-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: bastinades.
	+2 letters: bastinadoed, bastinadoes.
	+3 letters: debarkations, distrainable, labiodentals.
	+4 letters: administrable, antidiabetics, skateboarding, substantiated.
	+5 letters: alloantibodies, autoantibodies, chateaubriands, decarbonations, disembarkation, rebroadcasting, scatterbrained, skateboardings, thiabendazoles.
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