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Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth..

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass..

Absorbability :: Absorbability (n.) The state or quality of being absorbable.

Absorbable :: Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Absorbed :: Absorbed (imp. & p. p.) of Absor.

Absorbedly :: Absorbedly (adv.) In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

Absorbency :: Absorbency (n.) Absorptiveness.

Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) Anything which absorbs.

Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts..

Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants..

Absorber :: Absorber (n.) One who, or that which, absorbs..

Absorbing :: Absorbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absor.

Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..

Absorbition :: Absorbition (n.) Absorption.

Absorpt :: Absorpt (a.) Absorbed.

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger..

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc..

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs..

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment..

Absorptive :: Absorptive (a.) Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe..

Absorptiveness :: Absorptiveness (n.) The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

Absorptivity :: Absorptivity (n.) Absorptiveness.

Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..

Reabsorption :: Reabsorption (n.) The act or process of reabsorbing.

Unabsorbable :: Unabsorbable (a.) Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as, the unabsorbable portion of food..