[?m'b??b]
¦ verb
1. formal or humorous drink (alcohol).
2. literary absorb (ideas or knowledge).
3. chiefly Botany absorb (water) into ultramicroscopic spaces or pores.
Derivatives
imbiber noun
imbibition ?mb?'b??(?)n noun (chiefly Botany).
Origin
ME: from L. imbibere, from in- 'in' + bibere 'to drink'.