imbibition
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English
Etymology
From Middle English imbibicion, inbibicioun, from Middle French imbibicion.[1] By surface analysis, imbibe + -ition.[2]
Noun
imbibition (countable and uncountable, plural imbibitions)
- 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 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
References
- ^ “imbibition, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “imbibition”, in Collins English Dictionary.
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
imbibition f (plural imbibitions)
Further reading
- “imbibition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.