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imbibe

v.
US //ɪmˈbaɪb// UK //ɪmbˈaɪb// im·bibe Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic pibō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃-, whence also potable, potion.

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