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imbibe

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
imbibe /ɪmˈbʌɪb/

▶verb

1 formal or humorous drink (alcohol).

2 absorb (ideas or knowledge).

3 chiefly Botany absorb (water) into ultramicroscopic spaces or pores.

– derivatives
imbiber noun,
imbibition /ɪmbɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n/ noun (chiefly Botany).

– origin ME: from L. imbibere, from in- ‘in’ + bibere ‘to drink’.

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