imbition

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Noun[edit]

imbition (countable and uncountable, plural imbitions)

  1. The act of imbibing or drinking.
    • 1955, Willis Frederick Dunbar, Michigan Through the Centuries, volume 1, page 269:
      The drinker was urged to confine his imbitions to wine and beer. But this policy was condemned as undemocratic […]
  2. The taking up of fluid from the environment.
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