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adv. In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 inducing or promoting absorption
Syn. -- sorbefacient [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Absorptiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything which absorbs. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere. ] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, absorbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. corbe, fr. L. curvus. See Cuve. ] Crooked. [ Obs. ] “Corbe shoulder.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. corbeille, fr. L. corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Cf. Corbel, Corb, Corvette. ] 1. (Arch.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Fort.) Small gabions. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil. ] (Arch.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. [ 1913 Webster ]

To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Arch.) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a bell or other sounding device, actuated by a push button at an outer door; the push button activating the bell; alos, the ringing of such a bell; as, I was in the shower and didn't hear the doorbell.
Syn. -- bell, buzzer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) See 1st Dor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fore, and Bear to produce. ] An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [ Scot. ] [ Also spelled forebear. ] “Your forbears of old.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. Forbore Forbare [ Obs. ]); p. p. Forborne p. pr. & vb. n. Forbearing. ] [ OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See Bear to support. ] 1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 1 Kings xxii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezek. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To control one's self when provoked. [ 1913 Webster ]

The kindest and the happiest pair
Will find occasion to forbear. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety. [ 1913 Webster ]

But let me that plunder forbear. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The King
In open battle or the tilting field
Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with consideration or indulgence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cease from bearing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. [ 1913 Webster ]

He soon shall find
Forbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goes slower. Shak.

Syn. -- Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Forbearing. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forbears. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering. -- For*bear"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids). Opposite of absorbent. [ Narrower terms: repellent, resistant ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. lacking capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface. Opposite of adsorbent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Premonstrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of an orb; round. [ 1913 Webster ]

The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark. [ Written also probeagle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. resorbens, p. pr. of resorbere. ] Swallowing up. Wodhull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sorbere to suck in, absorb + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make. ] (Med.) Producing absorption. -- n. A medicine or substance which produces absorption. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sorbens, p. pr. of sorbere to suck in, to absorb. ] An absorbent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sorbet or It. sorbetto or Sp. sorbete, from the same source as E. sherbet. See Sherbet. ] A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smolett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Torber Bergmann, a Swedish chemist. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite. [ 1913 Webster ]