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- Dictionaryim·bibe/imˈbīb/
verb
- 1. drink (alcohol): formal, humorous "they were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer" Similar
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a. : drink. b. : to take in or up. a sponge imbibes moisture. 2. a. : to receive into the mind and retain. imbibe moral principles. b. : to assimilate or take into solution. 3. archaic : soak, steep. intransitive verb. 1. : drink sense 2. 2. a.
IMBIBE definition: 1. to drink, especially alcohol: 2. to receive and accept information, etc. 3. to drink…. Learn more.
Imbibe is a fancy word for "drink." If you need to imbibe ten cups of coffee just to get out of the house, you might have a caffeine problem. Although the verb imbibe means to take in liquids of any sort, if you don't specify the liquid, people are likely to infer you mean an alcoholic beverage.
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea. Synonyms: swallow. to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat: Plants imbibe moisture from the soil. to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like: to imbibe a sermon; to imbibe beautiful scenery.
If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true. [ formal ] As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle.
1. to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink. 2. to absorb or soak up: Plants imbibe light from the sun. 3. to receive into the mind: to imbibe a sermon. v.i.
IMBIBE meaning: 1. to drink, especially alcohol: 2. to receive and accept information, etc. 3. to drink…. Learn more.
[transitive] imbibe something (formal) to receive and understand ideas or information. He imbibed elements of oriental mysticism from the years he spent in India.
imbibe meaning, definition, what is imbibe: to drink something, especially alcohol –...: Learn more.
Origin of Imbibe. Middle English embiben to soak up, saturate from Latin imbibere to drink in, imbibe in- in in– 2 bibere to drink pō (i)- in Indo-European roots. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
