In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.Absorptiveness.Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.Anything which absorbs.Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid.in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance.to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects,

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  1. 1. In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
  2. 2. Absorptiveness.
  3. 3. Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
  4. 4. Anything which absorbs.
  5. 5. Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
  6. 6. The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
  7. 7. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
  8. 8. Another name; an assumed name.
  9. 9. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
  10. 10. Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
  11. 11. A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.
  12. 12. The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
  13. 13. Of or pertaining to the tail.
  14. 14. Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.
  15. 15. A variety of the mineral allanite.
  16. 16. A star.
  17. 17. Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
  18. 18. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.
  19. 19. A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith.
  20. 20. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.