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imbibition

Noun CEFR B2
ɪm.bɪˈbɪ.ʃən

Definitions

The act of imbibing.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolimbibición
Françaisimbibition
2 more languages
Българскипоглъ́щане
Catalàimbibició

Examples

For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; […]”
“He was bobbing it up and down just above the pommel of his saddle, being rather sleepy from the imbibition of a little too much of Mr. Tit Dowell’s strong beer.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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