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[sorber] (s.xiiex)
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[sorber] (s.xiiex)

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sorbir  
  FEW:  sorbere 12,105b Gdf:  sorbir 7,478 GdfC: ∅ TL: sorbir 9,867 DEAF:  sorbir  DMF:  sorbir  TLF:  absorber (sorbir)  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sorbere 3136b

v.trans.

fig.to swallow up, take in: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 ) Crem mult la cruelté ke sun peché ne lessast E chaist en tristur ke peché le sorbast  1027
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Car donc (=at Judgement Day) sera la mort sorbie De gloire de durable vie  14527

[gdw]

See also:

absorber1  sorbile 
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