(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

Anything which absorbs. / (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

plural of absorbent

plural of absorbance

plural of absorbability

plural of absorbency

plural of absorber

In an absorbent manner.

In an absorbable manner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absorb