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exsorbeo

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From ex- + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    exsorbeō (present infinitive exsorbēre, perfect active exsorbuī, supine exsorptum); second conjugation

    1. to suck up, out or in, gulp down, drain; exhaust
    2. to swallow up, destroy

    Conjugation

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    References

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    • “exsorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “exsorbeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “exsorbeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.