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Here in name, address, and roll call — everywhere except actually here.
means Not present in a place, or so lost in thought you might as well not be.
from From Latin absentem, present participle of abesse, to be away — literally to be off, gone, missing in action.
Mind driftAbsent-minded dates to the 1850s.
Voting cousinAbsentee ballots let the missing still decide.
Latin familyShares roots with sentence and essence.