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单词 obsorption
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obsorptionn.

Forms: 1600s obsorpation (transmission error), 1600s obsorption.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obsorpt- , obsorbēre , -ion suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin obsorpt-, past participial stem of obsorbēre obsorb v. + -ion suffix1. Compare absorption n.Post-classical Latin obsorptio is recorded in an 8th-cent. glossary.
Obsolete. rare.
Swallowing up; absorption.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.)
consuminga1398
consumptiona1398
devoration1528
devouring1577
consumation1586
obsorptionc1600
swallow1607
depredation1626
depastion1658
c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 3 The Rockes..had they bene of a more earthy or tender substance coulde not have so long prevented Cornwalls utter obsorpation.
c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 42 Manie deuises they vse to preuent the obsorpation of the churche [by drifting sand].
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 801 There would succeed other Emanations and Regenerations, and other succeeding Destructions and Obsorptions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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