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