Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To absorb again.
- intransitive verb To accommodate or accept again, as into a group or category.
- intransitive verb To undergo resorption.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To draw or take in anew by absorption, imbibition, or swallowing, as something previously ejected, emitted, or put forth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; ; -- used esp. of fluids.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb
absorb again
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb undergo resorption
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Examples
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Again, a lot will depend on what is done strategically with Belfast, but it seems inevitable that North Antrim will reabsorb the areas it lost to East Antrim in the most recent revision which brings it up to 78,000, close to the new avergae of 79,000.
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I need to dunk my head in a bucket to reabsorb the liquids I lost blubbing my face off.
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Apparently our bodies reabsorb the disk material after a while, so the pressure on my nerve bundle is waning.
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If she is in poor condition from lack of calories or sickness, her body will reabsorb the fetuses to increase survival.
Wendy Keefover-Ring: Legislators: Scared of Bears Wendy Keefover-Ring 2011
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The SGLT2 system is used by the kidneys to filter and reabsorb glucose circulating in the blood.
FDA Panel Votes Against Diabetes Drug Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The Fed can reverse this process, letting its bond portfolio mature and the private sector smoothly reabsorb the debt by drawing down the excess reserves it has on deposit at the Fed.
Ron Paul, the Fed and the Need for a Stable Dollar David Malpass 2012
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And on days like after the dance recital, when you've been divorced five years and your kid sometimes still reels, let the hot adrenaline sent to fix the pain -- fix the pain my child is in, reabsorb.
Miriam Novogrodsky: Is There Such Thing As A âGood-Enough Divorceâ? Miriam Novogrodsky 2012
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And on days like after the dance recital, when you've been divorced five years and your kid sometimes still reels, let the hot adrenaline sent to fix the pain -- fix the pain my child is in, reabsorb.
Miriam Novogrodsky: Is There Such Thing As A ‘Good-Enough Divorce’? Miriam Novogrodsky 2012
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Recent employment growth in the G-20 is already insufficient to reabsorb a 20-million-job shortfall from the previous economic downturn, Mr. Scarpetta said.
G-20 Urged to Focus on Employment William Horobin 2011
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If she is in poor condition from lack of calories or sickness, her body will reabsorb the fetuses to increase survival.
Wendy Keefover-Ring: Legislators: Scared of Bears Wendy Keefover-Ring 2011
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