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Absorbed
ABSORB'ED
, or ABSORPT',pp.
Definition 2024
absorbed
absorbed
English
Adjective
absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)
- Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
Translations
fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
taken in by a body without reflection
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taken by through the pores of a surface
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Verb
absorbed
- simple past tense and past participle of absorb
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References
- 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9