absorbeo

ab-sorbeō buī, ptus, ēre,

to swallow down, devour: placentas, H.: decies solidum, i. e. the value of a million, H.—To engulf, swallow up, overwhelm: oceanus vix tot res.—To engross: absorbet (tribunatus) orationem meam, i. e. fills exclusively.—To import: res ad victum.