imbibo

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

imbibō (present infinitive imbibere, perfect active imbibī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to drink in, imbibe
  2. to assimilate
  3. to conceive (an idea)

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References

  • imbibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imbibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imbibo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be imbibing false opinions: opiniones falsas animo imbibere
    • to get a mistaken notion into the mind: errorem animo imbibere
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭmbĭbĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 567