(transitive) 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.

(transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

(intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.

(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.

(transitive) To occupy or consume time.

(transitive) To assimilate mentally.

(transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

(transitive) To defray the costs.

(transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.