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† abˈsume, v. Obs.
[ad. L. absūm-ĕre to take away, f. ab away + sūmĕre to take.]
To consume gradually, to waste away, to carry off.
1596Barlow 3 Serm. i. 45 A Famine..lasting three full yeares, absuming many men. 1677Sir M. Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iii. 85 For if it had burned part after part, the whole must needs be absumed in a portion of time. 1756C. Lucas Ess. on Waters III. 310 The humidity is absumed to about one sixteenth. |