Verb

To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

* (rfdate) :

Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.

* (rfdate) :

The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion.

(obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

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To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

(transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as

# (physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.

# (physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.

# (physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.

Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth.

To occupy or consume time.

Assimilate mentally.

(business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

To defray the costs.

To accept or purchase in quantity.

Verb

(en verb)

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

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To have the use or benefit of something.

* Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8

that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers

* 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays

This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.

To have sexual intercourse with.

(Milton)