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Webster 1913 Edition


Resorbent

Re-sorb′ent

(-ent)
,
Adj.
[L.
resorbens
, p. pr. of
resorbere
.]
Swallowing up.
Wodhull.

Webster 1828 Edition


Resorbent

RESORB'ENT

,
Adj.
Swallowing up.

Definition 2024


resorbent

resorbent

See also: résorbent

English

Adjective

resorbent (comparative more resorbent, superlative most resorbent)

  1. swallowing up
    • Michael Wodhull
      Again resorbent ocean's wave / Demands the waters which it gave / From thousand rills with copious currents fraught.

Latin

Verb

resorbent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of resorbeō