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Absorbent
(a.)
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Absorbent
(n.)
Anything which absorbs.
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
(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
(n.)
One who, or that which, absorbs.
Absorbing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Absorb
Absorbing
(a.)
Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.
Absorbition
(n.)
Absorption.
Absorpt
(a.)
Absorbed.
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
(n.)
An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical
action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
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
(n.)
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as,
absorption in some employment.
Absorptive
(a.)
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or
imbibe.
Absorptiveness
(n.)
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
Absorptivity
(n.)
Absorptiveness.
Absquatulate
(v. i.)
To take one's self off; to decamp.
The technical words of denial used in traversing what has
been alleged, and is repeated.
Abstain
(v. i.)
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain
voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or
appetites; -- with from.
Abstain
(v. t.)
To hinder; to withhold.