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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imbibition  \Im`bi*bi"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  imbibition.] 
  The  act  or  process  of  imbibing,  or  absorbing;  as  the 
  post-mortem  imbibition  of  poisons.  --Bacon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imbibition 
  n  1:  (chemistry)  the  absorption  of  a  liquid  by  a  solid  or  gel 
  2:  the  act  of  consuming  liquids  [syn:  {drinking},  {imbibing}] 




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