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[ US /ɪmˈbaɪb/ ]
[ UK /ɪmbˈa‍ɪb/ ]
VERB
  1. take in, also metaphorically
    She drew strength from the minister's words
    The sponge absorbs water well
  2. receive into the mind and retain
    Imbibe ethical principles
  3. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
  4. take in liquids
    The children like to drink soda
    The patient must drink several liters each day

How To Use imbibe In A Sentence

  • From this verbal prestidigitator, we imbibe the lesson that both storyteller and con man make us willing victims. A Small-Town Sorcerer Casts His Spell
  • So far this year, I have imbibed on raicilla (not bad - made in the nearby jungle) on the beach at Yelapa, mescal from a community shot glass at a fiesta in Teotitlan del Valle outside of Oaxaca City and some mighty fine double martinis on the River Walk in San Antonio. The Subject of Mescal
  • They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations.
  • She decided it was a good thing he'd been drunk - an unexpected bonus; she was perfectly certain he didn't normally imbibe to excess. ON A WICKED DAWN
  • Research has found that children who imbibe soft drinks tend to consume more calories than those who don't.
  • I talk to Isabelle in English always so she will imbibe its sounds. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
  • Lovely, to be sure, but if it wasn't accepted as being classic, it would upset those more obdurate imbibers with its bravura.
  • The food was delicious, the wine imbibed with much vigour and the ambience tranquil yet mellow, hearty yet calm.
  • Its doctrine was self-sufficiency and the Fabian socialism that Nehru's generation imbibed during the struggle against colonialism.
  • A permeable seed imbibes water readily when available, while an impermeable one does not take up water for days or longer.
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