ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Absumption

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Absumption is a noun meaning (obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.

Meaning

(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.

Example Sentences

Chriſtians abhorred this way of obſequies, and though they ſtickt not to give their bodies to be burnt in their lives, deteſted that mode after death; affecting rather a depoſiture than abſumption, […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disintegration, subaction, abscission, decay, dwindlement, amolition.

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