To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
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Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
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Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…
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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…
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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguis…
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A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…
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To be placed in a center; to be central.
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To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.
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To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical u…
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To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.
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To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…
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To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.
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The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
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A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
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An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
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To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.
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To mix; to mingle.
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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…
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To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…
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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…
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To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
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To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or b…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…
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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…
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The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.
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To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
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To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…
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To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
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A made-up face; a grimace.
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To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph,…
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To swallow up.
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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…
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To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…
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Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
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Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
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Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
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Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
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One who, or that which, absorbs.
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One who, or that which, absorbs.
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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…
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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…
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Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
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Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
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The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation…
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The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation…
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The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.
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The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.
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To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…
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To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
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To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
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To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
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Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
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To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…
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Bright; glittering; fiery.
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To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…
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To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…
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To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…
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