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Absoˊrb [with Gardeners, &c.]
To Absoˊrb [with Gardeners, &c.] is a Term applied to those greedy Branches, that growing on Fruit-Trees, do drink up and rob the other Branches of the nutritious
Juice, that they stand in need of for their Nourishment and Augmentation.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Abeˊston *
Absorb