resorbent

See also: résorbent

English

Etymology

From Latin resorbens, present participle of resorbere.

Adjective

resorbent (comparative more resorbent, superlative most resorbent)

  1. swallowing up
    • 1760, Michael Wodhull, Ode to the Muses:
      Again resorbent ocean's wave / Demands the waters which it gave / From thousand rills with copious currents fraught.

Latin

Verb

resorbent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of resorbeō
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