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   imbibe

   /ɪmˈbʌɪb/

   verb

   • 1. drink (alcohol): formal, humorous "they were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer" Similar drinkconsumesupsipquaffswallowdownguzzlegulp (down)swilllapslurpinformal:swigknock backsinkneckchugdrink alcoholdrinktake strong drinkindulgetippleswillinformal:boozehit the bottletake to the bottleknock a few backwet one's whistlebevvybend one's elbowarchaic:wassailtope
   • ▪ absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge): formal, humorous "if one does not imbibe the culture one cannot succeed" Similar assimilateabsorbsoak uptake indigestingestdrink inlearnacquiregraspgainpick upfamiliarize oneself with
   • ▪ (especially of seeds) absorb (water) into ultramicroscopic spaces or pores. formal, humorous
   • ▪ place (seeds) in water in order for them to absorb it. formal, humorous

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘absorb or cause to absorb moisture’ and ‘take into solution’): from Latin imbibere, from in- ‘in’ + bibere ‘to drink’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. imbiber noun

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