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Absolve
(v. t.)
To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt,
or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it
would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a
subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to
an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
Absolve
(v. t.)
To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); --
said of the sin or guilt.
Absolve
(v. t.)
To finish; to accomplish.
Absolve
(v. t.)
To resolve or explain.
Absolved
(imp. & p. p.)
of Absolve
Absolvent
(a.)
Absolving.
Absolvent
(n.)
An absolver.
Absolver
(n.)
One who absolves.
Absolving
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Absolve
Absonant
(a.)
Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.
Absonous
(a.)
Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
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
(v. t.)
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as
the lacteals of the body.
Absorb
(v. t.)
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as,
absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
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
(n.)
The state or quality of being absorbable.
Absorbable
(a.)
Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Absorbed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Absorb
Absorbedly
(adv.)
In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
Absorbency
(n.)
Absorptiveness.