absorbed
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)
- Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (Of something) That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
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taken in by a body without reflection
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taken by through the pores of a surface
Verb
[edit]absorbed
- simple past and past participle of absorb
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbed”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]absorbed