imbibition
noun/ɪm.bɪˈbɪ.ʃən/ · /ɪmˈbaɪ̯.bɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English imbibicion, inbibicioun, from Middle French imbibicion. By surface analysis, imbibe + -ition.
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The act of imbibing.
- 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; […]1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, pages 163–164:
- 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.1844, [Joseph Thomas James Hewlett], chapter XXXIX, in Parsons and Widows. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 63:
- Derived terms
- imbibitional, imbibition theory