imbibition

noun
/ɪm.bɪˈbɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English imbibicion, inbibicioun, from Middle French imbibicion. By surface analysis, imbibe + -ition.

  1. derived from imbibicion
  2. inherited from imbibicion

Definitions

  1. The act of imbibing.

    • For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; […]
    • He was bobbing it up and down just above the pommel of his saddle, being rather sleepy from the imbibition of a little too much of Mr. Tit Dowell’s strong beer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for imbibition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA