Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to imbibe
Participle: imbibed
Gerund: imbibing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | imbibe |
| you | imbibe |
| he;she;it | imbibes |
| we | imbibe |
| you | imbibe |
| they | imbibe |
Perfect
| I | have imbibed |
| you | have imbibed |
| he;she;it | has imbibed |
| we | have imbibed |
| you | have imbibed |
| they | have imbibed |
Past
| I | imbibed |
| you | imbibed |
| he;she;it | imbibed |
| we | imbibed |
| you | imbibed |
| they | imbibed |
Pluperfect
| I | had imbibed |
| you | had imbibed |
| he;she;it | had imbibed |
| we | had imbibed |
| you | had imbibed |
| they | had imbibed |
Future
| I | will imbibe |
| you | will imbibe |
| he;she;it | will imbibe |
| we | will imbibe |
| you | will imbibe |
| they | will imbibe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have imbibed |
| you | will have imbibed |
| he;she;it | will have imbibed |
| we | will have imbibed |
| you | will have imbibed |
| they | will have imbibed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | imbibe |
| you | imbibe |
| he;she;it | imbibe |
| we | imbibe |
| you | imbibe |
| they | imbibe |
Perfect
| I | have imbibed |
| you | have imbibed |
| he;she;it | have imbibed |
| we | have imbibed |
| you | have imbibed |
| they | have imbibed |
Imperfect
| I | imbibed |
| you | imbibed |
| he;she;it | imbibed |
| we | imbibed |
| you | imbibed |
| they | imbibed |
Pluperfect
| I | had imbibed |
| you | had imbibed |
| he;she;it | had imbibed |
| we | had imbibed |
| you | had imbibed |
| they | had imbibed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would imbibe |
| you | would imbibe |
| he;she;it | would imbibe |
| we | would imbibe |
| you | would imbibe |
| they | would imbibe |
Perfect
| I | would have imbibed |
| you | would have imbibed |
| he;she;it | would have imbibed |
| we | would have imbibed |
| you | would have imbibed |
| they | would have imbibed |
Imperative
| you | imbibe |
| we | Let's imbibe |
| you | imbibe |
Verbs conjugated like 'imbibe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'imbibe'
enbibe,
iambize,
imbase,
imbrue,
imbue,
reimbibe,
abide,
amble,
bib,
bide,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to consume a liquid (by mouth)
- drink, hydrate, wet one's beak, wet one's whistle
- absorb
- drink, partake, receive, ingurgitate, swallow
- drink
- guzzle, swig, quaff, swill, swallow, sip, tipple
Antonyms
- absorb
- exude, emit, eject, spew
- drink
- exude, pour, water, moisten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1386, from O.Fr.
embiber "to soak into," from L.
imbibere "absorb, drink in, inhale," from
in- "in" +
bibere "to drink," related to
potare "to drink," from PIE
*pi-/*po(i)- "to drink (cf. Skt.
pati "drinks,"
panam "beverage;" Gk.
pinein "to drink,"
potos "a drinking;" O.C.S.
piti "to drink"). Figurative sense of "mentally drink in" (knowledge, ideas, etc.) was the main one in classical L., first attested in Eng. 1555.
2. From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, whence also potable, potion. See: Middle English '
imbiben', Latin '
imbibō', Proto-Italic '
*pibō'.
Sample Sentences
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Haley, who had been imbibing very freely of the staple of the evening, began to feel a sensible elevation and enlargement of his moral faculties,—a phenomenon not unusual with gentlemen of a serious and reflective turn, under [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)