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Yes, that is indeed the verb, but I hear it as "I absent myself" and I can't remember ever hearing it otherwise. Maybe in the USA it's already entered this cate
by GavinMcG 5y ago
Yes, that is indeed the verb, but I hear it as "I absent myself" and I can't remember ever hearing it otherwise. Maybe in the USA it's already entered this category and then gone even further and influenced the pronunciation of the verb.
- asplake 5y agoI’m UK-based (English, specifically) and definitely hear it on the second syllable in that usage
- Epenthesis 5y agoAmerican English speaker here, born and raised in Dallas, Tx. The stress goes on the second syllable for the verb for me ("I absent myself").