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Synonyms
im·bibe (ĭm-bīb́)

[Middle English embiben, to soak up, saturate, from Latin imbibere, to drink in, imbibe, in-, in; see in–2, + bibere, to drink.]

verb: -bibed, -bib·ing, -bibes. 

transitive verb 

  1. To drink.
  2. To absorb or take in as if by drinking: “The whole body . . . imbibes delight through every pore” (Henry David Thoreau)
  3. To receive and absorb into the mind: “Gladstone had . . . imbibed a strong prejudice against Americans” (Philip Magnus)
  4. Obsolete To permeate; saturate.

intransitive verb 

To drink alcoholic beverages.

derivatives

im·bib́er
noun