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Definition of: imbibe
(im·bīb′) v. ·bibed, ·bib·ing v.t.
1. To drink in; drink.
2. To take in as if drinking; absorb.
3. To receive into the mind or character: to imbibe good principles.
4. Obs. To saturate; imbue.
—v.i.
5. To drink. See synonyms under ABSORB. [<F imbiber <L imbibere <in- in + bibere drink]
—im·bib′er noun
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