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Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv.

Absorption. [Obs.]

Absorbed. [Arcahic.] "Absorpt in care." Pope.

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. E. Darwin.

The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

Absorptiveness.

Wrested away. [Obs.] Bailey.

Spine-bearing. Gray.

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

Accelerative.

One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.

One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]

one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.

The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.

He who, or that which, accommodates. Warburton.