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Absumption

Absumption \Ab*sump"tion\ ([a^]b*s[u^]mp"sh[u^]n; 215), n. [L. absumptio. See Absume.] Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.

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absumption

n. (context obsolete English) Gradual destruction or disintegration; wasting away.