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English
Etymology
From Latin resorbens, present participle of resorbere.
Adjective
resorbent (comparative more resorbent, superlative most resorbent)
- 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
- third-person plural present active indicative of resorbeō