chiefly formal or humorous
to drink (esp alcohol)
to take in (something) as if drinking it
to take in (e.g. water); to absorb or assimilate (something)
A sponge imbibes moisture
to receive (e.g. ideas) into the mind and retain them; to assimilate (something)
Children imbibe moral principles from their parents
to drink alcohol
imbiber noun
[Latin imbibere to drink in, conceive, from in-2 + bibere to drink]