verb
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To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
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To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
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To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
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To take in energy and convert it, as
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Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
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To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
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To occupy or consume time.
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Assimilate mentally.
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To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
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To defray the costs.
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To accept or purchase in quantity.