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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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1. : drink sense 2. 2. a. : to take in liquid. b. : to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heat. imbiber noun. Synonyms. belt (down)
IMBIBE definition: 1. to drink, especially alcohol: 2. to receive and accept information, etc. 3. to drink…. Learn more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true.
