1) Act like a sponge 2) Assimilate 3) Assimilate or soak up 4) Assimilate or take in 5) Become imbued 6) Blot 7) Blot up 8) Cause to become one with 9) Devote fully to 10) Drink in 11) Emulate a sponge 12) Engage 13) Engross 14) Engross wholly 15) French word used in English 16) Gather in 17) Hold 18) Hold the interest of
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This ability is written absorb X. If a creature with absorb would be dealt damage, X of that damage is prevented. This ability appears on a single timeshifted creature from Future Sight, Lymph Sliver. Older cards with this ability were not changed to grant absorb.
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• (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. • (v. t.) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. • (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth. • (v. t.) To take...
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<chemistry> To take up liquid or other matter. ... See: absorption. ... (15 Jan 1998) ...
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(ab-sorb´) to take in or assimilate, as to take up substances into or across tissues, such as the skin or intestine. to stop particles of radiation energy so that their energy is totally transferred to the absorbing material. to retain specific wavelengths of radiation incident upon a substance, ei...
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Ab·sorb' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Absorbed ;
present participle & verbal noun Absorbing .] [ Latin
absorbere ;
ab +
sorbere to suck in, akin to Greek ...: confer French
absorber .]
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ab-sōrb′ Definitions: 1. To take in by absorption. 2. To reduce the intensity of transmitted light.
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Absorb: 1. To take something in, as through the skin or the intestine. 2. To react with radiation and reduce it in intensity, as with a dose of radiation or transmitted light. See also: Absorbed dose; Absorption; Malabsorption; Reabsorption.
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Absorb is slang for to drink.
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v] - suck or take up or in 2. [v] - take up, as of debts or payments 3. [v] - become imbued 4. [v] - take in, also metaphorically 5. [v] - take up, as of knowledge or beliefs 6. [v] - engage or engross wholly 7. [v] - cause to become one with
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absorb 1. To swallow up, to include or take a thing into the loss of its separate existence; to incorporate. 2. To be swallowed up, or comprised in, so as to no longer exist separately. 3. To engross, or to completely engage the attention or faculties. 4. To take up (imponderable agents) by chemical or molecular action. 5. To assume the burden of ....
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To transform radiant energy into a different form, with a resultant rise in temperature. See also: Absorption.
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engage verb engage or engross wholly; `Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely`
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take over verb take up, as of debts or payments; `absorb the costs for something`
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to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. · to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. · to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell. · to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of m...
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(Absorption) Dissipation of the energy of electromagnetic waves into other forms (e.g., heat) as a result of its interaction with matter; a decrease in directional transmittance of incident radiation, resulting in a modification or conversion of the absorbed energy.
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