Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-BIBE', v.t. [L. imbibo; in and bibo, to drink; Fr. imbiber.]

1. To drink in; to absorb; as, a dry or porous body imbibes a fluid; a spunge imbibes moisture.
2. To receive or admit into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors. Imbibing in the mind always implies retention, at least for a time.
3. To imbue, as used by Newton; but he has not been followed.