embeure

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Etymology

From Latin imbibō. By surface analysis, em- +‎ beure.

Verb

embeure (first-person singular present embec, first-person singular preterite embeguí, past participle embegut)

  1. (transitive) to absorb
    Synonym: absorbir
  2. (transitive) to saturate
    Synonym: amarar
  3. (transitive) (of clothing) to shrink
    Synonym: encongir
  4. (pronominal, figurative) to become engrossed (de in)
    M'embevia de poemes de Baudelaire.
    I became engrossed in Baudelaire's poems.

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