Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-AB-SORB'
RE-AB-SORB', v.t. [re and absorb.]
- To draw in or imbibe again what has been effused, extravasated or thrown off; used of fluids; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, blood, gas, &c.
- To swallow up again.
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