Definitions
1.verbTo 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.
2.verbTo engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
3.verbTo suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
4.verbTo take in energy and convert it, as"Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass."
5.verbTo engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
6.verbTo occupy or consume time.
7.verbAssimilate mentally.
8.verbTo assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
9.verbTo defray the costs.
10.verbTo accept or purchase in quantity.