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.
- Verb. (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
- Verb. (transitive) To learn.
- Verb. (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, '''absorbed''' in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
- Verb. (transitive) To consume completely.
- Verb. (transitive) To endure.
- Verb. (transitive) (physics) To take up by chemical or physical action.
- Verb. (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
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