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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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