Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Absorbing or taking back that which has been given out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swallowing up.
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- adjective
swallowing up
Etymologies
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Latin resorbens, present participle of resorbere.
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Examples
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One tradition asserts that Esther “used a resorbent,” that is, she employed a contraceptive device to prevent any pregnancy by Ahasuerus.
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The sawdust, which can be replaced by any other resorbent material e.g. dust from coconut fibres, has to be damp but must not be wet.
5 Cassava 1978
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