▪ absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge): formal, humorous"she had imbibed the gospel of modernism from Kandinsky"Similarassimilateabsorbsoak uptake indigestingestdrink inlearnacquiregraspgainpick upfamiliarize oneself with
▪ (especially of seeds) absorb (water) into ultramicroscopic spaces or pores.formal, humorous
▪ place (seeds) in water in order to absorb it.formal, humorous
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘absorb or cause to absorb moisture’ and ‘take into solution’): from Latin imbibere, from in- ‘in’ + bibere ‘to drink’.