Absorbable

a. Capable of being, etc.— Absortrent, a. Sucking up; imbibing. — n. A substance or bodily organ which absorbs. — Absorp'tion, m. or proce of being absorbed and made to disappear; engro ment or occupation of mind. — Absorp'tive, -tiv, a. Having power to absorb. — Absorptivity, Abstain, ab-stan', v. i. [abstained (-stand',), -staining.] To forbear, or refrain, voluntarily; from indulgence of pa ions or appetites. — v. t. hinder; to withhold from. — Ab's tinence, n. The act or practice of abstaining. — Abstinent, a. fraining from indulgence; temperate.