bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical.action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.In living organisms, the process by which the materials
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- 1. The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
- 2. An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
- 3. In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
- 4. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
- 5. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
- 6. The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
- 7. To nourish; to support.
- 8. The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
- 9. Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
- 10. Wing-footed, as the bat.
- 11. Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.
- 12. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
- 13. Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
- 14. To censure; to blame.
- 15. Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
- 16. The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
- 17. Same as Infralapsarian.
- 18. of Subscribe
- 19. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.
- 20. A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan.