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im·bibe

Audio Help [im-bahyb] Pronunciation Key verb, -bibed, -bib·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.

2.	to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat: Plants imbibe moisture from the soil.

3.	to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like: to imbibe a sermon; to imbibe beautiful scenery.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to drink, esp. alcoholic beverages: Just a soft drink for me—I don't imbibe.

5.	to absorb liquid or moisture.

6.	Archaic. to soak or saturate; imbue.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < L imbibere to drink in, equiv. to im- im-¹ + bibere to drink; r. ME enbiben < MF embiber < L, as above

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—Related forms

im·bib·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. swallow. See drink.

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im·bibe Audio Help   (ĭm-bīb') Pronunciation Key
v.   im·bibed, im·bib·ing, im·bibes

v.   tr.

To drink.
To absorb or take in as if by drinking: "The whole body . . . imbibes delight through every pore" (Henry David Thoreau).
To receive and absorb into the mind: "Gladstone had . . . imbibed a strong prejudice against Americans" (Philip Magnus).
Obsolete To permeate; saturate.

v. intr.
To drink alcoholic beverages.

[Middle English embiben, to soak up, saturate, from Latin imbibere, to drink in, imbibe : in-, in; see in-² + bibere, to drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

im·bib'er n.

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