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        "From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbeō (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (“to sip”). Compare French absorber."
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              "mean": "(transitive) 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. \n1782, William Cowper, On Observing some Names of Little Note\nDark oblivion soon absorbs them all.\n1819 July 31​,  Geoffrey Crayon ,  “Rural Life in England”, in  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.:    C. S. Van Winkle, , →OCLC, page 124:In some countries, the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry."
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              "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. \n1684-1690,  Thomas Burnet,  The Sacred Theory of the Earth:to be absorpt, or swallowed up, in a lake of fire and brimstone."
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              "mean": "(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. \n2023 March 8,  Howard Johnston,  “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in  RAIL, number 978, page 51:Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law."
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              "mean": "(intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.\nThe drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge."
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              "mean": "(transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as\nHeat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.",
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                "(transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat."
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              "mean": "(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully. \n1915 December 4 – 1916 January 8,  Edgar Rice Burroughs,  chapter VIII, in  The Son of Tarzan, Chicago, Ill.: A C McClurg & Co., published March 1917, →OCLC, page 103:Geeka was cooking dinner. As the little girl played she prattled continuously to her companion, propped in a sitting position with a couple of twigs. She was totally absorbed in the domestic duties of Geeka – so much so that she did not note the gentle swaying of the branches of the tree above her as they bent to the body of the creature that had entered them stealthily from the jungle.\n1904, Kazimierz Waliszewski, translated by Lady Mary Loyd, Ivan the Terrible Part 2 Chapter 3\nLivonian affairs held him tight, and were to absorb him for many a year."
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              "mean": "(transitive) To occupy or consume time."
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              "mean": "(transitive) Assimilate mentally."
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              "mean": "(transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.\n2006,  Gunnar Almgren,  Health Care Politics, Policy, and Services: A Social Justice Analysis:Among the most debatable is the contention that the profit margins of small employers are insufficient to absorb the costs of health insurance"
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              "mean": "(transitive) To defray the costs."
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              "mean": "(transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity."
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              "mean": "Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors(2002),“absorb”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9."
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