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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obsorbeō (present infinitive obsorbēre, perfect active obsorbuī, supine obsorptum); second conjugation
- to drink up, gulp down, swallow, bolt
Conjugation
References
- “obsorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obsorbeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.