absume

English

Etymology

Latin absūmere, present active infinitive of absūmō (“diminish”); formed from ab (“from, away from”) + sūmō (“take”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈsum/
(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsum/, /əbˈsum/

Verb

absume (third-person singular simple present absumes, present participle absuming, simple past and past participle absumed)

(transitive, obsolete) To consume gradually; to waste away. [Attested from the late 16^th century until the mid 18^th century.][2]

References

Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
“absume” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Anagrams

Baumés

Latin

Verb

absūme

second-person singular present active imperative of absūmō

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