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Definition of Imbibe
1. Verb. Take in, also metaphorically. "She drew strength from the minister's words"
Specialized synonyms: Mop, Mop Up, Wipe Up, Blot, Sponge Up
Derivative terms: Absorber, Absorption, Imbiber, Suck, Sucker
Also: Draw In, Draw In, Suck In
2. Verb. Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution.
Generic synonyms: Absorb
Derivative terms: Assimilation, Assimilative, Assimilatory, Imbibition
3. Verb. Take in liquids. "The animals imbibe"; "The children like to drink soda"
Generic synonyms: Consume, Have, Ingest, Take, Take In
Specialized synonyms: Swill, Swill Down, Suck, Guggle, Gurgle, Sip, Guzzle, Lap, Lap Up, Lick, Drain The Cup, Drink Up, Gulp, Quaff, Swig, Belt Down, Bolt Down, Down, Drink Down, Kill, Pop, Pour Down, Toss Off
Derivative terms: Drink, Drink, Drink, Drinker, Drinking, Imbiber, Imbibing, Imbibition
Also: Drink Down, Drink Up
4. Verb. Receive into the mind and retain. "Imbibe ethical principles"
Definition of Imbibe
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Imbibe
1. Verb. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages). ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imbibe
1. to drink [v -BIBED, -BIBING, -BIBES] - See also: drink
Medical Definition of Imbibe
1. 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. "Earth, imbibed with . . . Acid." Origin: L. Imbibere; pref. Im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. Imbiber. Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbibe
Literary usage of Imbibe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree-lifter, Or, a New Method of Transplanting Forest Trees by George Greenwood (1876)
"These opinions, in this order, will be discussed in the following pages, with
one With the exception stated below, trees imbibe from wbe from ..."
2. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1856)
"... which being sated with short circulation, has generally had no long time to
dissolve or imbibe any foreign substances by the way. ..."
3. Six Months in America by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1833)
"should thence imbibe strange and unjust ideas of the best American manners.
I have heard that common sense is the characteristic of the Americans; ..."
4. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"Early impressions are the most durable, and children insensibly imbibe principles,
which though they may not apparently produce any effect, gradually expand ..."
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