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Definitions
absorb
verb
(
transitive
) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate.
Dark oblivion soon
absorbs
them all. - Cowper
The large cities the wealth and fashion. - W. Irving
(
transitive
) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. - Bacon
(
transitive
) To learn
(
transitive
) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as,
absorbed
in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
(
transitive
) To consume completely.
(
transitive
) To endure.
(
transitive
) (
physics
) To take up by chemical or physical action.
Heat, light, and electricity are
absorbed
in the substances into which they pass.
(
transitive
) (
finance
) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
Translations:
Dutch: absorberen, imeí¤
French: absorber
German: absorbieren
Italian: assorbire
Etymology:
15th Century, via , from Latin (
term, absorbere
), which is formed from prefix (
term, ab-, , from
), + (
term, sorbere, , suck in
), akin to Greek; compare French (
term, absorber
).
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