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Absume

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To Absu'me. v.a. [absumo, Lat.] To bring an end by a gradual waste; to eat up.

That which had been burning an infinite time could never be burnt, no not so much as any part of it; for if it had burned part after part, the whole must needs be absumed in a portion of time. Hale's Origin of Mankind.

Sources: Hale, Matthew (49)

Attributes: Latin (690) · Verb Active (289)

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