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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imbibe  \Im*bibe"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Imbibed};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Imbibing}.]  [L.  imbibere;  pref.  im-  in  +  bibere  to  drink: 
  cf  F.  imbiber.  Cf  {Bib},  {Imbue},  {Potable}.] 
  1.  To  drink  in  to  absorb;  to  suck  or  take  in  to  receive  as 
  by  drinking;  as  a  person  imbibes  drink,  or  a  sponge 
  imbibes  moisture. 
 
  2.  To  receive  or  absorb  into  the  mind  and  retain;  as  to 
  imbibe  principles;  to  imbibe  errors. 
 
  3.  To  saturate;  to  imbue.  [Obs.]  ``Earth,  imbibed  with  .  .  . 
  acid.''  --Sir  I.  Newton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imbibing 
  n  :  the  act  of  consuming  liquids  [syn:  {drinking},  {imbibition}] 




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