imbibe
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imbibe
- /ɪmˈbaɪb/
Rhymes with -aɪb
Where it comes from
From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, whence also potable, potion.
verb imbibes · imbibing · imbibed
- To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages). Perhaps in the case of the vodka-drinking peasant it is this weekly parboil which saves his life and postpones the dreadful day when the constant imbibing of unlimited quantities of the deadly liquor must be paid for.
- To take in; absorb. to imbibe knowledge
- To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.
