imbibe
verb /ɪmˈbaɪb/
/ɪmˈbaɪb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they imbibe | /ɪmˈbaɪb/ /ɪmˈbaɪb/ |
| he / she / it imbibes | /ɪmˈbaɪbz/ /ɪmˈbaɪbz/ |
| past simple imbibed | /ɪmˈbaɪbd/ /ɪmˈbaɪbd/ |
| past participle imbibed | /ɪmˈbaɪbd/ /ɪmˈbaɪbd/ |
| -ing form imbibing | /ɪmˈbaɪbɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbaɪbɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] imbibe (something) (formal or humorous) to drink something, especially alcohol
- [transitive] imbibe something (formal) to receive and understand ideas or information
- He imbibed elements of oriental mysticism from the years he spent in India.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘absorb or cause to absorb moisture’ and ‘take into solution’): from Latin imbibere, from in- ‘in’ + bibere ‘to drink’.