See also: absorbí

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Derived from Latin absorbere, from ab- (from) + sorbere (suck in).

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  • IPA(key): [abˈsorbi]
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  • Rhymes: -orbi
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧bi

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absorbi (present absorbas, past absorbis, future absorbos, conditional absorbus, volitive absorbu)

  1. (transitive) to absorb, preoccupy
  2. (transitive, nonstandard) to soak up, take in
    Synonym: sorbi
    • 1909, L. L. Zamenhof, “Supo el kolbasaj bastonetoj”, in Fabeloj de Andersen [Andersen's Fables]‎[1], translation of original by Hans Christian Andersen:
      Tiuj libroj estis tiel grasmakulaj, ili certe absorbis en sin tutajn torentojn da larmoj.
      Those books were so greasy, they must have absorbed whole torrents of tears.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō, based on sorbi.

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a absorbi (third-person singular present absoarbe, past participle absorbit) 4th conj.

  1. to absorb

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