Imbibe
121bibitory — pertaining to drinking, 1690s, from Mod.L. bibitorius, from L.L. bibitor drinker, toper, from bibere to drink (see IMBIBE (Cf. imbibe)) …
122bibulous — (adj.) 1670s, spongy, absorbent, from L. bibulus drinking readily, given to drink; of things, absorbent; moistened, from bibere to drink (see IMBIBE (Cf. imbibe)). Meaning fond of drink attested in English by 1861 …
123drink — (v.) O.E. drincan to drink, also to swallow up, engulf (class III strong verb; past tense dranc, pp. druncen), from P.Gmc. *drengkan (Cf. O.S. drinkan, O.Fris. drinka, Du. drinken, O.H.G. trinkan, Ger. trinken, O.N. drekka, Goth. drigkan …
124imbrue — (v.) early 15c., to soak, steep; mid 15c., to stain, soil, from O.Fr. embreuvere to moisten, a metathesis of embeuvrer, from em (see IM (Cf. im )) + bevrer, ultimately from L. bibere to drink (see IMBIBE (Cf. imbibe)). Or perhaps from O.Fr …
125imbue — (v.) early 15c., to keep wet; to soak, saturate; also figuratively to cause to absorb (feelings, opinions, etc.), from L. imbuere moisten, of uncertain origin, perhaps from the same root as IMBRICATION (Cf. imbrication). Cf. also O.Fr. embu, pp.… …
126pinocytosis — from Gk. pinein to drink (see IMBIBE (Cf. imbibe)) …
127drink — [c]/drɪŋk / (say dringk) verb (drank or, formerly, drunk, drunk or, sometimes, drank or …
128beer — [OE] Originally, beer was probably simply a general term for a ‘drink’: it seems to have come from late Latin biber ‘drink’, which was a derivative of the verb bibere ‘drink’ (from which English gets beverage, bibulous, imbibe, and possibly also… …
