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absorptive, a.|əbˈsɔːptɪv|
[f. L. absorpt-, ppl. stem of absorbēre to absorb + -ive, as if ad. L. *absorptīvus.]
Having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing. fig. Engrossing.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. viii. 132 There being no Ark left to take Sanctuary in, and to be safe from the working and absorptive waves. 1667Waterhouse Fire of Lond. 32 This harrass of Fire and that so generally absorptive of the city. 1831Brewster Optics xvi. 137 The absorptive power of air is finely displayed in the colour of the morning and evening clouds. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 34 Absorptive as well as secreting glands exist in great abundance in the walls of the digestive tube. 1881W. J. Rolfe Pref. to Coriol. 6 His lazy, somnolent, stupidly absorptive satisfaction. |