different between imbibe vs monopolize

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)

1. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
2. (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.
3. (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

1. first-person singular present indicative of imbiber
2. third-person singular present indicative of imbiber
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of imbiber
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of imbiber
5. second-person singular imperative of imbiber

Latin

Verb

imbibe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of imbib?

Middle English

Verb

imbibe

1. Alternative form of imbiben

English

Alternative forms

• monopolise

Etymology

monopoly +? -ize

Pronunciation

Verb

monopolize (third-person singular simple present monopolizes, present participle monopolizing, simple past and past participle monopolized)

2. (transitive) To have a monopoly on something.
4. (transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.

Synonyms

• hog
• corner
• take over
• dominate

Derived terms

• monopolization
• monopolizer
• monopolist
• monopolistic

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

monopolize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of monopolizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of monopolizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of monopolizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of monopolizar