Imbibe meaning

ĭm-bīb'
(figuratively) To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge.
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To receive and absorb into the mind.
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The definition of imbibe is to take in with the senses or the mind, or to consume something, especially alcohol.

When you learn something through listening to it and absorbing the information, this is an example of imbibe.

When you drink alcohol, this is an example of imbibe.

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To drink.
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To absorb or take in as if by drinking.
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To permeate; saturate.
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To drink alcoholic beverages.
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To take in with the mind.
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To drink, esp. alcoholic liquor.
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To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
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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
  • From Old French imbiber, from Latin prefix im- (“im-”) + bibere (“to drink”), whence also beverage (via Old French).
    From Wiktionary

Imbibe Sentence Examples

  • "The highest wisdom and truth are like the purest liquid we may wish to imbibe," he said.

  • fusca, even though fasting and kept for days in absolutely dry air, could never be induced to imbibe water, sugar-cane juice or extra vasated blood.

  • From this source all soils contain small proportions of sodium in soluble forms, hence the ashes of plants, although they preferably imbibe potassium salts, contain traces and sometimes notable quantities of sodium salts.

  • Cato ate and drank the same coarse victuals as his slaves, and even had the children suckled by his wife, that they might imbibe a fondness for the family.

  • From associates like these Di.irer could imbibe the spirit of Renaissance culture and research; but the external aspects and artistic traditions which surrounded him were purely Gothic, and he had to work out for himself the style and formlanguage fit to express what was in him.

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