- verb
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- (cause sth to) become absorbed into the body after digestion [Barron]
- absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the way of behaving or thinking) [Nandigam]
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