fast
adjective
has fasted
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present perfectof fast (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Kaplan has fasted on Yom Kippur in the past but stopped years ago after she sat next to a young undergraduate student at services who grew faint from not eating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Both Gibson and Messier conclude that when someone has trouble regulating glucose properly—or has fasted for a long time—a sugary drink or food can improve their subsequent performance on certain kinds of memory tasks.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2012
Saint Gandhi has fasted 21 days without appreciable harm.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also has fasted, prayed, wept, mortified himself, like the rest.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
Since our return to Rome he has fasted all but continuously, at the same time inflicting upon himself many other penances of the severest kind.
From Veranilda by George Gissing
