imbibe
See also: imbibé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French imbiber, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, whence also potable, potion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈbaɪb/
- Rhymes: -aɪb
Verb
imbibe (third-person singular simple present imbibes, present participle imbibing, simple past and past participle imbibed)
- To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
- (figuratively) To take in; absorb.
- to imbibe knowledge
- 2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico 2007, p. 219:
- Like the late Dr Falk (d. 1782), Grabianka was a native of Podolia, where Sabbatian influences were strong among local Jews, and he imbibed many of their notions.
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▼ <a href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*peh%E2%82%83-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *peh₃-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *peh₃-</a> (0 c, 9 e)
<a href='/wiki/bever' title='bever'>bever</a>
<a href='/wiki/beverage' title='beverage'>beverage</a>
<a href='/wiki/bevvy' title='bevvy'>bevvy</a>
<a href='/wiki/bib' title='bib'>bib</a>
<a href='/wiki/bibacious' title='bibacious'>bibacious</a>
<a href='/wiki/bibation' title='bibation'>bibation</a>
<a href='/wiki/bibber' title='bibber'>bibber</a>
<a href='/wiki/bibulous' title='bibulous'>bibulous</a>
<a href='/wiki/imbibe' title='imbibe'>imbibe</a>
Translations
drink
take in
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