absorb

/əbˈsɔːb/

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verb

1. To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
2. To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
3. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
4. To take in energy and convert it, as
   "Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass."

Similar: assume, bear, pay for, use up, assimilate, engulf