To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] "Earth, imbibed with . . . acid." Sir I. Newton.
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