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# imbibe

«imbibe» in Mova's school dictionary: **To drink, especially a liquid** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (imbibes, imbibed, imbibing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal or old use) To drink, especially a liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imbibe/#m1)

2) To take in and absorb ideas, feelings or knowledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imbibe/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a character takes in wisdom, ideas or the sense of someone's words

### examples

- The old man imbibed the cool water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imbibe/#x1)
- We imbibe knowledge from good books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imbibe/#x2)
- Crimthann imbibed all the justice of that remark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imbibe/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imbibe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imbibe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.