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imbibeim‧bibe /ɪmˈbaɪb/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal  imbibeOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin imbibere, from bibere ‘to drink’ VERB TABLEimbibe |
Present | I, you, we, they | imbibe | | he, she, it | imbibes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | imbibed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have imbibed | | he, she, it | has imbibed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had imbibed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will imbibe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have imbibed |
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Present | I | am imbibing | | he, she, it | is imbibing | | you, we, they | are imbibing | Past | I, he, she, it | was imbibing | | you, we, they | were imbibing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been imbibing | | he, she, it | has been imbibing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been imbibing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be imbibing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been imbibing |
- Light beer lets drinkers imbibe without taking in extra calories.
- But it is also because girls imbibe early on the idea that education is not for them.
- Every monarch since George V, and Prince Charles too, has imbibed his words.
- I could never bear to imbibe.
- Our imbibing habits became the stuff of legends.
- She hadn't known this until one night, three years ago, when he had imbibed too liberally.
- There the litter will remain, imbibing milk and growing rapidly for five weeks.
- They too had imbibed the market culture, it seemed.
- Where else can you imbibe just inches off the floor under the comfort of a back-patio tent?
1to drink something, especially alcohol – sometimes used humorously: Both men imbibed considerable quantities of gin.2to accept and be influenced by qualities, ideas, values etc: She had imbibed the traditions of her family. |