Absorbed
Held
Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.
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- Quiz. Opinions differ, but a commonly held belief is that the word came up because of a bet that someone could create a word and have it be absorbed into the public lexicon within a week.
Source: Neologism -
They held me down for another half-hour so that the liquid was absorbed by my stomach and could not be vomited back, and then began to pull the pipe out bit by bit.
Source: Force Feeding -
In 2300 AD, Mexico has absorbed all the other Central American countries with the exception of Panama (they also have large parts of California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and for a while they held onto Texas as well).
Source: Space-Filling Empire
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