In extended use. transitive. Chiefly with up: To swallow up, consume, absorb, take in (a person or thing). Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > assimilate or absorb [verb (transitive)] (12) supa1382 In extended use. transitive. Chiefly with up: To swallow up, consume, absorb, take in (a person or thing). Obsolete. absorb1554 transitive. To include or incorporate (a thing) so that it loses its separate existence; to assimilate; (now) esp. take control of (a smaller or… assimilate1578 To convert into a substance of its own nature, as the bodily organs convert food into blood, and thence into animal tissue; to take in and… imbibe1664 transferred and figurative. To absorb, swallow up. Obsolete. obsorb1684 transitive. To absorb. recuperate1967 transitive. Originally U.S. To assimilate (a radical social or political movement, or a person or thing associated with such a movement) into… Subcategories:— again (4) — cause or allow to become assimilated or absorbed (2) |
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