introsume
English edit
Etymology edit
From intro- + Latin sumere (“to take”).
Verb edit
introsume (third-person singular simple present introsumes, present participle introsuming, simple past and past participle introsumed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To draw in; to swallow.
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
- their vessels enlarge and introsume more copious nourishment
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “introsume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)