absorb English
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.
Synonyms
* (to include so that it no longer has separate existence) assimilate, engulf, incorporate, swallow up, overwhelm
* (to suck up or drink in) draw, drink in, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, steep, take in, take up
* (to consume completely) use up
* (to occupy fully) engage, engross, immerse, monopolize, occupy
* assume, bear, pay for
to take in
Antonyms
* emit
Derived terms
* absorption
* absorbable
* absorbability
References
Anagrams
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See also
* adsorb
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accompany English
Verb
( en-verb)
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
* 1804 :
- The Persian dames, […] / In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march.
* 1581 , (Philip Sidney), An Apology of Poetry, or a Defense of Poesy , Book I:
- They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
* 1979 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England :
- He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels.
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To supplement with; add to.
* , chapter=5
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
(senseid)(music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
(music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.
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(obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
* (rfdate) Holland:
- Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompany together.
(obsolete) To cohabit (with).
(obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
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( the obsolete cases)
Usage notes
(to go with) Persons are said to be accompanied by', and inanimate objects, state or condition is said to be accompanied ' with .
Synonyms
* (go with) attend, escort, go with
:* We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station.
:* We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination .
:* We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect .
:*: A gentleman accompanies' a friend to some public place; he '''attends''' or ' escorts a lady.
Related terms
* accompaniment
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