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absorpt, ppl. a. arch.|æbˈsɔːpt| [ad. L. absorpt-us pa. pple. of absorbē-re: see absorb.] The earlier equivalent of absorbed: swallowed up; rarely fig. engrossed.
1528More Dial. conc. Heresyes iv. Wks. 1557, 267/1 For all other synnes (if belief and faith stand fast) be quite absorpt and supped vp he sayth in that fayth. 1626T. H. tr. Caussin's Holy Court 89 To raigne in heauen for euer, and there to remayne absorpt, in an ocean of pleasures. 1736J. H. Browne Pipe of Tob. (1768) 119 Absorpt in yellow care, And at each puff imagination burns. 1839Bailey Festus (1848) xix. 210 Their souls absorpt of darkness. |