imbibe

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈbaɪb/

Verb

imbibe (imbibes, present participle imbibing; past and past participle imbibed)

1. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
2. (figuratively) To take in; absorb.

   to imbibe knowledge

   • 2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico 2007, p. 219:

     Like the late Dr Falk (d. 1782), Grabianka was a native of Podolia, where Sabbatian influences were strong among local Jews, and he imbibed many of their notions.

Translations

• Italian: assorbire
• Portuguese: beber
• Russian: пить
• Spanish: beber

Translations

• Portuguese: embeber
• Russian: перенимать

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