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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. take in, also metaphorically;
- Example: "The sponge absorbs water well"
- Example: "She drew strength from the minister's words"
[syn: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up]

2. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution;
[syn: assimilate, imbibe]

3. take in liquids;
- Example: "The patient must drink several liters each day"
- Example: "The children like to drink soda"
[syn: drink, imbibe]

4. receive into the mind and retain;
- Example: "Imbibe ethical principles"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imbibe \Im*bibe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbibed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Imbibing.] [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink:
   cf. F. imbiber. Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable.]
   1. To drink in; to absorb; to soak up; to suck or take in; to
      receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a
      sponge imbibes moisture.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to
      imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] "Earth, imbibed with . . .
      acid." --Sir I. Newton.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

imbibe
    v 1: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water
         well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn:
         absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up,
         draw, take in, take up]
    2: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution [syn: assimilate,
       imbibe]
    3: take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each
       day"; "The children like to drink soda" [syn: drink,
       imbibe]
    4: receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"