absorbé, -e, part., absorbed, engrossed, rapt in. Il est — dans l’étude; he is absorbed in study.
absorbement, n.m., absorption (of mind).
absorber, v.a., to absorb, to swallow up; to drink in, to consume, to waste; to engross, to occupy entirely; to take up.
s’absorber, v.r., to be absorbed, or swallowed up.
absorption, n.f., absorption.
absoudre (absolvant, absous), v.a., to absolve, to acquit, to bring in not guilty, to clear; to give absolution.
absou-s, -te, part., acquitted, absolved, discharged.
absoute, n.f., (c.rel.) general absolution.
abstème, adj., abstemious.
abstème, n.m.f., abstainer.