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imbibition

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im路​bi路​bi路​tion | \ 藢im-b蓹-藞bi-sh蓹n How to pronounce imbibition (audio) \

Definition of imbibition

: the act or action of imbibing especially : the taking up of fluid by a colloidal system resulting in swelling
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imbibitional \ 藢im-​b蓹-​藞bish-​n蓹l How to pronounce imbibitional (audio) , -​藞bi-​sh蓹-​n岬妉 \ adjective

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Joseph Thomas James Hewlett was a 19th-century English curate and schoolmaster who supplemented his insufficient income by writing novels. In Parsons and Widows, in which the author disguises himself as "the Curate of Mosbury," Hewlett provided us with the first known use of "imbibition" to refer to a person鈥檚 drinking, in the phrase "imbibition of a little strong beer." Until then, "imbibition" had been used scientifically to refer to various processes of soaking and absorption, or figuratively, to the taking in of knowledge. (The word is still used scientifically today to refer to the taking up of fluid.) "Imbibition" traces back to Latin imbibere, a verb whose meaning "to drink in" includes absorption of liquids, consuming drink, and appropriating ideas.

First Known Use of imbibition

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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imbibition

noun
im路​bi路​bi路​tion | \ 藢im-b蓹-藞bish-蓹n How to pronounce imbibition (audio) \

Medical Definition of imbibition

: the action or process of assimilating, taking into solution, or taking in liquid especially : the taking up of fluid by a colloidal system resulting in swelling

Other Words from imbibition

imbibe \ im-​藞b墨b How to pronounce imbibe (audio) \ verb imbibed; imbibing

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