Im-bībe', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. IMBIBED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMBIBING.] [Lat. imbibere; prefix im, for in, and bibere, to drink; Fr. imbiber, It. imbevere, imbere, Sp. imbibir, embeber.]

To drink in; to absorb; as, a dry or porous body imbibes a fluid; a sponge imbibes moisture.
To receive or admit into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
To cause to drink in; to imbue. [Obs.] “Earth, imbibed with . . . acid.” Newton.