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===verb intransitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπέχεσθαι]], [[ἀφίστασθαι]]; see [[refrain]].

[[abstain from]]: use verbs given with the gen.

[[abstain from food]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσιτεῖν]].
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