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reabsorb

 
Dictionary: re·ab·sorb   (rē'əb-sôrb', -zôrb') pronunciation
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v., -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorbs.

v.tr.
  1. To absorb again.
  2. To accommodate or accept again, as into a group or category: The economy cannot reabsorb all of the refugees into the workforce.
v.intr.
To undergo resorption.

reabsorption re'ab·sorp'tion (-sôrp'shən, -zôrp'-) n.

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To absorb again; to undergo or to subject to reabsorption; to resorb.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: undergo resorption
  Synonym: resorb

 
 
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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