reabsorb

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reabsorb - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reabsorb \Re`ab*sorb"\ (r[=e]`[a^]b*s[^o]rb"), v. t.
     To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been
     effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again;
     as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.
     [1913 Webster]

reabsorb - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reabsorb
      v 1: undergo resorption [syn: reabsorb, resorb]