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Definition: ABSUMPTION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Absumption" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Absumption \Ab*sump"tion\, noun. [Latin expression absumptio. See Absume.]. (references)

Definition: ABSUMPTION

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ABSUMPTION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Absumption \Ab*sump"tion\, noun. [Latin expression absumptio. See Absume.]. (references)