absorber1 (c.1135)
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absorber1 (c.1135)

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  FEW:  absorbere 24,55b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  assorber 8,216c TL: assorber 1 1,605 DEAF:  assorber  DMF:  absorber  TLF:  absorber  OED:  absorb v.  / absorpt a.  MED:  absorpt ppl.  DMLBS:  absorbere 9b
absorbir,  asorbir  

v.a.

1to swallow up: 
( c.1135; MS: 1267-68 )  (The devil in the form of a dragon) Le cors de toi asorbesist  369 (A)
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Terre s’entreoverit si absorbit le gluton  240
sorber 
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