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Webster 1913 Edition

Resorb

Re-sorb′

(r?-s?rb′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
reorbere
; pref.
re-
re- +
sorbere
to suck or drink in.]
1.
To swallow up.
Now lifted by the tide, and now
resorbed
.
Young.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resorb

RESORB'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. resorbeo; re and sorbeo, to drink in.] To swallow up.

Definition 2024

resorb

resorb

English

Verb

resorb ‎(third-person singular simple present resorbs, present participle resorbing, simple past and past participle resorbed)

  1. (transitive) to absorb (something) again
  2. (intransitive) to undergo resorption
  3. (biology, transitive) to dissolve something (as for example bone, sinew, or suture) and assimilate it.

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Etymology

From Latin resorbere, from re- ‎(“again”) + sorbere ‎(“to suck in”).

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