Absume

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Absume \Ab*sume"\ ([a^]b*s[=u]m"), v. t. [L. absumere,
     absumptum; ab + sumere to take.]
     To consume gradually; to waste away. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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