Verb
To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAll paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Aristotle
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Alan Perlis
It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate. Dave Barry
The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning. George F. Kennan
One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar. Oscar Wilde
Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great. Traditional Proverb