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imbibe.

To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪmˈbaɪb/
  1. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

  2. To take in; absorb.

    figuratively
    to imbibe knowledge
  3. To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, whence also potable, potion.

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