ob-sorbĕo, ŭi, 2
* V. a., to sup or drink up, to swallow or gulp down (poetical).
* Lit., Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 21: aquam,id. Curc. 2, 3, 34: placentas, to gulp down, bolt, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24: unionem liquefactum,Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121.—Absol.: ter die absorbebat, terque eructabat,Hyg. Fab. 125: ursis homines non plane comedendi, sed obsorbendi objectabantur,Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 6.
* Transf.: fores, Quae obsorbent quicquid venit intra pessulos,swallow up,Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 29 (dub.; al. absorbent).

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