resorb

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=sorb

CIDE DICTIONARY

resorb, v. t. [L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in.].

•  To swallow up.  [1913 Webster]

  "Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed."  [1913 Webster]
•  to absorb (something which has been secreted or exuded by the same organism).  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resorb, v.tr. absorb again.

Derivative

resorbence n. resorbent n.

Etymology

L resorbere resorpt- (as RE-, sorbere absorb)

ROGET THESAURUS

resorb

Reception

VB give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree, introduce, intromit, usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in, let in, take in, suck in, draw in, readmit, resorb, reabsorb, snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate, engulf, engorge, gulp, eat, drink.