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resorbent

resorbent adjective: swallowing up.

Adjective

resorbent (comparative more resorbent, superlative most resorbent)

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

Forms of resorbent

comparativemore resorbent
superlativemost resorbent

Origin of resorbent

From Latin resorbens, present participle of resorbere.

Questions about resorbent

What does resorbent mean?
Resorbent means swallowing up.
What part of speech is resorbent?
Resorbent is an adjective.

Words near resorbent in the dictionary

  1. resorbability
  2. resorbable
  3. resorbed
  4. resorbence
  5. resorbences
  6. resorbent
  7. resorber
  8. resorbers
  9. resorbing
  10. resorbogenic
  11. resorbs

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