Sometimes, people ask us what Imbibe means. Here's what the Merriam-Webster Dictionary has to say:
Pronunciation: im-'bIb
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): im·bibed; im·bib·ing
Etymology: Middle English enbiben to absorb, cause to absorb, from Latin imbibere to drink in, absorb, from in- + bibere to drink -- more at POTABLE
transitive verb
1 archaic : SOAK, STEEP
2 a : to receive into the mind and retain
b: to assimilate or take into solution
3 a: DRINK
b : to take in or up "a sponge
imbibes moisture"
intransitive verb1 : DRINK 2
2 a: to take in liquid
b: to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heat - im·bib·er
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