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reabˈsorb, v.
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. réabsorber (Littré).]
a. trans. To absorb anew or again; to take in again by absorption.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 465 Psyche becomes reabsorbed into the ocean from whence she sprung. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. v. ii, Chaos has reabsorbed him; may it late or never bear his like again! 1882J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. II. 341 Some portions of the jurisdiction assumed by the Pope must..be re-absorbed into the Crown.
b. intr. for pass. To be reabsorbed.
1916Galsworthy in Scribner's Mag. Jan. 17/1 In one's heart rose an ecstasy of love for this..earth which breeds us all, and into which we reabsorb. |