osmose
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of osmose
First recorded in 1850–55; back formation from osmosis
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“Verse-jumpers” can use earpieces to puppet the bodies of their alternate selves, and they can osmose skills from counterparts in other worlds by performing pivotal actions that set their lives on different paths.
From The Verge ● Mar. 12, 2022
I began to osmose from a neurotic cook with a confusing repertory of ethnic dishes to a relaxed one specializing in faintly Southern food.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 6, 2006
It will not be possible to blow through these twigs, but the red water will rise through them by osmose, and in a few hours will appear at the upper ends.
From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich
The moisture gets into the root hairs by a process called osmose.
From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich
He also swept away the arbitrary distinctions made by previous experimenters, showed that this whole class of phenomena are essentially similar, and called this manifestation of power simply "osmose."
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Josiah Parsons Cooke
Once upon a time, fashion only osmosed military looks after they had outlived their functionality.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 6, 2019
While it’s drained and conservators inspect its condition, the museum keeps it wet with periodic sprinkles of hyperpurified, reverse osmosed water, which guard against rust.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2015
They have since osmosed into "techs" – low-key professionals who often have degrees and treat the job as a job.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2014
In addition to the iodide, some of the fatty base had osmosed through the membrane in each case.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various
Still, he was the more mobile of the two, as Linda was swaddled in smartcasts that both immobilized her and massaged her, all the while osmosing transdermal antiinflammatories and painkillers.
From Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow
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