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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Resorbe, v. [L. resorbēre, f. re- and sorbēre to drink in. Cf. 18th c. Eng. (1730).] To absorb again. — 1640 R. Baillie Caunterburians Self-conviction Postscr. 20.
Their … aspersions, which yet ye have a stomach to resorbe, to spew them out once againe
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