imbibe

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb take in, also metaphorically
  2. verb take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
  3. verb take in liquids

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

absorb, suck, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up

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