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

Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.

Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.

Absorbency :: Absorbency (n.) Absorptiveness.

Fit :: Fit (n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter..

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

Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb..

Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous..

Antacid :: Antacid (n.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent..

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts..

Imbibe :: Imbibe (v. t.) To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors..

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..

Engulf :: Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

Absorpt :: Absorpt (a.) Absorbed.

Deliquesce :: Deliquesce (v. i.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies..

Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

Hygroscopicity :: Hygroscopicity (n.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.

Lymph :: Lymph (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together..

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