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  • 51pan-bagnat — [ pɑ̃baɲa ] n. m. • 1926; pan bagna 1921; mot provenç., de pan « pain » et bagnat « imbibé (d huile) » ♦ Sandwich composé d un pain rond garni de salade niçoise. Des pans bagnats. ● pan bagnat, pans bagnats nom masculin (mot provençal) Petit pain …

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  • 52beer — [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… …

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  • 53absorb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. assimilate, take in, suck up; incorporate, integrate; engross, preoccupy, obsess. See thought, receiving, attention, use, combination, learning. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take in by absorption] Syn.… …

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  • 54soak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wet, drench, saturate, steep; absorb; permeate; drink, tipple; slang, overcharge, bleed. See water, moisture, dryness, drinking, dearness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To drench] Syn. drench, wet,… …

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  • 55beverage — (n.) mid 13c., from Anglo Fr. beverage, O.Fr. bevrage, from O.Fr. boivre to drink (Mod.Fr. boire; from L. bibere to imbibe; see IMBIBE (Cf. imbibe)) + age, suffix forming mass or abstract nouns …

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  • 56imbiber — Imbiber. v. act. Abbreuver, moüiller de quelque liqueur, ensorte que ce qu on moüille soit penetré. Cette pluye a imbibé la terre suffisamment. ceux qui veulent écrire nettement & dessiner imbibent leur papier d alum. S imbiber. v. n. part. S… …

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  • 57imbibition — noun 1. (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel • Derivationally related forms: ↑imbibe • Topics: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science • Hypernyms: ↑absorption, ↑ …

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  • 58Drink — Drink, v. t. 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water. [1913 Webster] There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 59Suck — (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked} (s[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can, s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel. s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. {Honeysuckle},… …

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  • 60Sucked — Suck Suck (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked} (s[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can, s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel. s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf.… …

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