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Imbibing

noun

The act of consuming liquids. Synonyms: drinking, imbibition.

Imbibe

verb

(past & past part. imbibed; pres. part. imbibing)

Take in, also metaphorically. Synonyms: absorb, draw, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up. "She drew strength from the minister's words"

Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution. Synonym: assimilate.

Take in liquids. Synonym: drink. "The children like to drink soda"

Receive into the mind and retain.

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... of her own observations and from imbibing the very pronunced opinions of Cuthbert as to the efficiency of the National Guard, formed an estimate the reverse of favorable to that body, made no reply, but indeed derived some little comfort from a point of view diametrically opposed to that of ...

— A Girl of the Commune • George Alfred Henty

... of Mexico and Spanish South America, which had recently conquered with their blood their emancipation from monarchy. Liberal ideas were naturally diffused by Cubans who had traveled either in Europe or North America, there imbibing the spirit of modern civilization. But with a fatuity and obstinacy which has always characterized her, the mother country resolved to ignore all causes of discontent, and their significant influence as manifested ...

— Due South or Cuba Past and Present • Maturin M. Ballou

... face of the man leered like a Jack-o'-lantern. "Spiritual retreat, my love—spiritual retreat," he muttered thickly. "Imbibing the spirits, you know." He laughed heavily at his ...

— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

... much money that he was afraid to come home and spent the night imbibing champagne and repentance at the Hummums, and Ishmael bought Indian corn and a kind of yam which he thought could be induced to flourish in West Penwith, which incidentally it did so far as foliage ...

— Secret Bread • F. Tennyson Jesse

... for a few years, to a convent, where they lay in a fund of superstition that serves them for life: but I never heard they had the least opportunity of cultivating the mind, of exercising the powers of reason, or of imbibing a taste for letters, or any rational or useful accomplishment. After being taught to prattle, to dance and play at cards, they are deemed sufficiently qualified to appear in the grand monde, and to perform all the duties of that high rank and station in life. ...

— Travels Through France and Italy • Tobias Smollett

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