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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESORB', v.t. [L. resorbeo; re and sorbeo, to drink in.] To swallow up.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: undergo resorption [syn: reabsorb, resorb]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Latin resorb?re, from re- + sorb?re to suck up — more at absorb Date: 1640 transitive verb 1. to swallow or suck in again 2. to break down and assimilate (something previously differentiated) intransitive verb to undergo resorption

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. absorb again. Derivatives: resorbence n. resorbent n. Etymology: L resorbere resorpt- (as RE-, sorbere absorb)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Resorb Re*sorb" (r?-s?rb"), v. t. [L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in.] To swallow up. Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. --Young.