imbibition
/ɪm.bɪˈbɪ.ʃən/
imbibition noun: the act of imbibing.
Noun
imbibition (countable and uncountable, plural imbibitions)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- imbibing
imbibition meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
imbibition in Tamil
- உள்ளிழுத்தல், உள்ளீர்த்தல், நீர்மம் உறிஞ்சல், உட்கொள்ளுகை
imbibition in Tagalog
- the act of imbibing
- pamiminum
Synonyms of imbibition
Forms of imbibition
| plural | imbibitions |
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Origin of imbibition
From Middle English imbibicion, inbibicioun, from Middle French imbibicion. By surface analysis, imbibe + -ition.
Words formed from imbibition
Words that rhyme with imbibition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
Questions about imbibition
- What does imbibition mean?
- Imbibition means the act of imbibing.
- What is imbibition in Tamil?
- Imbibition in Tamil is உள்ளிழுத்தல், உள்ளீர்த்தல், நீர்மம் உறிஞ்சல். See Imbibition meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is imbibition?
- Imbibition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce imbibition?
- Imbibition is pronounced /ɪm.bɪˈbɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of imbibition?
- The plural of imbibition is imbibitions.
Words near imbibition in the dictionary
Source and license
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