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Definition of Reabsorb

1. Verb. Undergo resorption.

Definition of Reabsorb

1. v. t. 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, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.

Definition of Reabsorb

1. Verb. absorb again ¹

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Definition of Reabsorb

1. absorb [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: absorb

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Literary usage of Reabsorb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"If the withdrawal has not been too great and thawing process is slow so that the cells can gradually reabsorb what was given up in freezing, the plant may ..."

2. The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration by Edward Alsworth Ross (1914)
"The expansion of the industry will create some good jobs, but not enough to reabsorb the Americans displaced. Thus in the iron-ore- mines of Minnesota, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"After initiation of crystallization the character of the magma changed until it had power to reabsorb part of the already crystallized material. ..."

4. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Theoretical and Practical Study of Minerals by Alexander Hamilton Phillips (1912)
"Their water content is held 'with different degrees of firmness; some even lose their water to dry air and reabsorb it without any material physical change. ..."

5. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1916)
"After initiation of crystallization the character of the magma changed until it had power to reabsorb part of the already crystallized material. ..."

6. Pellagra by Henry Fauntleroy Harris (1919)
"As already noted, maize is decidedly hygroscopic, and if placed in damp or ill-ventilated houses would in a short time reabsorb sufficient water to permit ..."

7. The New World-religion by Josiah Strong (1915)
"To reabsorb a dead creed is as dangerous as to reabsorb dead matter. As religious belief and feeling are inspired by the sense of divinity, the forms and ..."

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