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Ab*sorb"ent (&unr_;), a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
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Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.
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Ab*sorb"ent, n. 1. Anything which absorbs.
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The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. Darwin.
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2. (Med.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
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3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
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