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