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imbibe
English
Etymology
From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbib?, from im- + bib? (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic *pib?, from Proto-Indo-European *peh?-, whence also potable, potion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ba?b/
- Rhymes: -a?b
Verb
imbibe (third-person singular simple present imbibes, present participle imbibing, simple past and past participle imbibed)
- To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
- (figuratively) To take in; absorb.
- to imbibe knowledge
- 2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico 2007, p. 219:
- Like the late Dr Falk (d. 1782), Grabianka was a native of Podolia, where Sabbatian influences were strong among local Jews, and he imbibed many of their notions.
- (obsolete, transitive) To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.
Hyponyms
- ingest
Derived terms
- imbiber
- imbibement
- imbibition
Related terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: imbibent, imbibes
Verb
imbibe
- first-person singular present indicative of imbiber
- third-person singular present indicative of imbiber
- first-person singular present subjunctive of imbiber
- third-person singular present subjunctive of imbiber
- second-person singular imperative of imbiber
Latin
Verb
imbibe
- second-person singular present active imperative of imbib?
Middle English
Verb
imbibe
- Alternative form of imbiben
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engross
English
Etymology
From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingross? (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German gr?z (“big, thick, coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew?- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). More at in-, gross.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?????s/, /???????s/, /?n?????s/, /???????s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?????s/, /???????s/, /?n???o?s/, /?????o?s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Verb
engross (third-person singular simple present engrosses, present participle engrossing, simple past and past participle engrossed)
- (transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
- Coordinate term: longhand
- 1846, Thomas De Quincey, “On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine:
- laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail
- (transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
- Synonym: corner the market
- (transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
- (transitive) To completely engage the attention of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense.
- Synonyms: inspissate; see also Thesaurus:thicken
- (transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
- (obsolete) To amass.
- Synonyms: amound, hoard; see also Thesaurus:amass
Derived terms
- engrossing
Related terms
- gross
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “engross”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- engrossing (law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Gersons, Gonsers, Songers, grossen, songers
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