Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 296 (Motion into, actively)

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#296. [Motion into, actively.] Reception. -- N. reception; admission, admittance, entree, importation; introduction, intromission; immission[obs], ingestion, imbibation[obs], introception[obs], absorption, ingurgitation[obs], inhalation; suction, sucking; eating, drinking &c. (food) 298; insertion &c. 300; interjection &c. 228; introit.

V. give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate[obs]; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink &c. (food) 298.

Adj. admitting &c. v., admitted &c. v.; admissable; absorbent.