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Definition of Imbibed
1. imbibe [v] - See also: imbibe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbibed
Literary usage of Imbibed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Margaret, the other sister, was a good-humoured, well-disposed girl; but as she
had already imbibed a good deal of Marianne's romance, without having much ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"His knowledge was founded on a thorough acquaintance with the Roman jurisprudence,
imbibed from the best commentators of the pandects, ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The emperor had now imbibed the spirit of controversy, and the angry sarcastic
style of his edicts was designed to inspire his subjects with the hatred ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"... his own writings to an unrivalled extent, so his editors have imbibed not a
little of the spirit of their great original. THE NEW EDITION OF VOLTAIRE. ..."
5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... have introduced luxuries, and imbibed ideas, of which the others are entirely
ignorant. ... imbibed ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... on the forms of decency and propriety,' and to the heterodox political principles
which he had imbibed in his education, and in his visite to England. ..."
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