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v. To drink.

v. To absorb or take in as if by drinking: "The whole body . . . imbibes delight through every pore” ( Henry David Thoreau).

v. To receive and absorb into the mind: "Gladstone had . . . imbibed a strong prejudice against Americans” ( Philip Magnus).

v. Obsolete To permeate; saturate.

verb-intransitive. To drink alcoholic beverages.

v. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

v. To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge.

v. To drink in; to absorb; to soak up; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking.

v. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain

v. To saturate; to imbue.

To drink in; absorb by or as if by drinking: as, a sponge imbibes moisture.

To receive or admit into the mind; imbue one's mind with: as, to imbibe errors.

To cause to drink in; imbue.

To drink; absorb liquid or moisture.

v. receive into the mind and retain

v. take in, also metaphorically

v. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

v. take in liquids

"She was pleased that he seemed to be pleased with her; he asked her to "imbibe" some ice-cream with him."

imbibed    imbibes    imbibing   

absorb    ingest    assimilate    take-in   

beverage   

blot    wipe up    sponge up    mop    mop up   

imbiber   

saturate    imbue    absorb    drink   

Scribe    ascribe    bribe    circumscribe    describe    gibe    inscribe    jibe    oversubscribe    prescribe