To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
To take in energy and convert it, as
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
To occupy or consume time.
Assimilate mentally.
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
To defray the costs.
To accept or purchase in quantity.