absento, āre, 1, v. a. and n. [absens].
I Act. , to cause one to be absent , i. e. to send away : patriis procul absentaverit astris, Claud. Pros. 3, 213 (others read amandaverit, or patriisque procul mandaverit), Cod. Th. 12, 1, 48.—
II Neutr. , to be absent : absentans Ulixes, Sid. 9, 13 fin.