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Absorption
n.
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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
Absorption
n.
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An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
Absorption
n.
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In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
Absorptive
a.
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Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
Absorptiveness
n.
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The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
Absorptivity
n.
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Absorptiveness.
Absquatulate
v. i.
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To take one's self off; to decamp.
Absque hoc
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The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
Abstained
imp. & p. p.
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of Abstain
Abstaining
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Abstain
Abstain
v. i.
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To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
Abstainer
n.
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One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
Abstemious
a.
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Abstaining from wine.
Abstemious
a.
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Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Abstemious
a.
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Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
Abstemious
a.
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Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
Abstemious
a.
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Promotive of abstemiousness.
Abstemiousness
n.
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The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.
Abstention
a.
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The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
Abstentious
a.
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Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.
Absterge
v. t.
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To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
Abstergent
a.
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Serving to cleanse, detergent.
Abstergent
n.
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A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.
Absterse
v. t.
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To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
Abstersion
n.
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Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
Abstersive
a.
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Cleansing; purging.
Abstersive
n.
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Something cleansing.
Abstersiveness
n.
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The quality of being abstersive.
Abstinence
n.
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The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.
Abstinence
n.
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The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.