Meaning & use
Imbibed
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Drank, especially alcohol; also, absorbed ideas or information.
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The guests imbibed freely at the wedding reception.
As a child, she imbibed her grandmother's love of storytelling.
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From Latin 'imbibere' (to drink in), the word is often used with a slightly formal or humorous tone for drinking, and figuratively for absorbing ideas or values.
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