Absorbedly
Ab‐sorb″ed‐ly, adv. In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Absorbency
Ab‐sorb″en‐cy (�), n. Absorptiveness.
Absorbent
Ab‐sorb″ent (�), a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.Absorbent ground(Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or ...
Absorbent (2)
Ab‐sorb″ent, n. 1. Anything which absorbs.The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat.Darwin.2. (Med.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bo...
Absorber
Ab‐sorb″er (�), n. One who, or that which, absorbs.
Absorbing
Ab‐sorb″ing, a. Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. — Ab‐sorb″ing, adv.
Absorbition
Ab′sor‐bi″tion (�), n. Absorption.
Absorpt
Ab‐sorpt′ (�), a. [L. absorptus, p. p.] Absorbed. “Absorpt in care.” Pope.
Absorption
Ab‐sorp″tion (�), n. [L. absorptio, fr. absorbere. See Absorb.] 1. The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the ab...
Absorptive
Ab‐sorp″tive (�), a. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. E. Darwin.
Absorptiveness
Ab‐sorp″tive‐ness, n. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
Absorptivity
Ab′sorp‐tiv″i‐ty (�), n. Absorptiveness.
Absquatulate
Ab‐squat″u‐late (�), v. i. To take one's self off; to decamp.
Absque hoc
‖Abs″que hoc (�). (Law) The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
Abstain
Ab‐stain″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Abstained (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Abstaining.] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir, abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. & v...
Abstain (2)
Ab‐stain″, v. t. To hinder; to withhold.Whether he abstain men from marrying.Milton.
Abstainer
Ab‐stain″er (�), n. One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
Abstemious
Ab‐ste″mi‐ous (�), a. [L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink.] 1. Abstaining from wine.Under his special eyeAbstemious I grew up and thrived amain.Milton.2....
Abstemiousness
Ab‐ste″mi‐ous‐ness, n. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.
Abstention
Ab‐sten″tion (�), a. [F. See Abstain.] The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. Jer. Taylor.
Abstentious
Ab‐sten″tious (�), a. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.
Absterge
Ab‐sterge (�), v. t. [L. abstergere, abstersum; ab, abs + tergere to wipe. Cf. F absterger.] To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. Quincy.
Abstergent
Ab‐ster″gent (�), a. [L. abstergens, p. pr. of abstergere.] Serving to cleanse, detergent.
Abstergent (2)
Ab‐ster″gent, n. A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.
Absterse
Ab‐sterse″ (�), v. t. To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. Sir T. Browne.
Abstersion
Ab‐ster″sion (�), n. [F. abstersion. See Absterge.] Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.The task of ablution and abstersion being performed.Sir W. Scott.
Abstersive
Ab‐ster″sive (�), a. [Cf. F. abstersif. See Absterge.] Cleansing; purging. Bacon.