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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exsorbeō (present infinitive exsorbēre, perfect active exsorbuī, supine exsorptum); second conjugation
- to suck up, out or in, gulp down, drain; exhaust
- to swallow up, destroy
Conjugation
References
- “exsorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exsorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exsorbeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.