Definition of imbibe

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Imbibe (v. t.) To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture..

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Leach :: Leach (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali..
Transfuse :: Transfuse (v. t.) To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters..
Absorptive :: Absorptive (a.) Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe..
Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..
Imbibed :: Imbibed (imp. & p. p.) of Imbib.
Suck :: Suck (v. i.) To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
Imbibe :: Imbibe (v. t.) To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors..
Instill :: Instill (v. t.) To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed..
Sip :: Sip (v. t.) To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea..
Imbibe :: Imbibe (v. t.) To saturate; to imbue.
Imbiber :: Imbiber (n.) One who, or that which, imbibes..
Drink :: Drink (v. i.) To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring..
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe..
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..
Vegetate :: Vegetate (v. i.) To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate..
Imbibe :: Imbibe (v. t.) To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like..
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground..
Enbibe :: Enbibe (v. t.) To imbibe.
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