resorb
verb
resorb is a verb meaning “To absorb (something) again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-O-R-B, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does resorb mean?
verb
- 1
To absorb (something) again.
- 2
To undergo resorption.
- 3
To dissolve (bone, sinew, suture, etc.) and assimilate it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of resorb
- resorbs present, singular, he/she/it
- resorbing participle, present
- resorbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is resorb?
Resorb appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Resorb in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to absorb again:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does resorb come from?
From Latin resorbere, from re- (“again”) + sorbere (“to suck in”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).