imbibition

English

Etymology

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

Noun

imbibition (countable and uncountable, plural imbibitions)

1. The act of imbibing.

   Synonym: imbibing

   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, pages 163–164:

     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; […]

   • 1844, [Joseph Thomas James Hewlett], chapter XXXIX, in Parsons and Widows. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 63:

     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.

Translations

the act of imbibing

• Bulgarian: поемане (bg) n (poemane), поглъщане (bg) (poglǎštane)
• Catalan: imbibició f
• Maori: inumanga
• Tagalog: pamiminum

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

imbibition f (plural imbibitions)

1. imbibition

Further reading

• “imbibition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.