imbibe

Etymology

From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, whence also potable, potion.

verb

1. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
   Perhaps in the case of the vodka-drinking peasant it is this weekly parboil which saves his life and postpones the dreadful day when the constant imbibing of unlimited quantities of the deadly liquor must be paid for. 1899, John A. Logan, Jr., In Joyful Russia, 2nd edition, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 185
   Without its sting, the common yellowjacket would be unable to steal ham from our sandwich or imbibe the sweet juice from our peach. 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, page 55
2. (figurative) To take in; absorb.
   to imbibe knowledge
   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. 2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 219
   If you’ve been imbibing Craig’s Kelly’s Covid monologues over the summer and wondering why Scott Morrison lets one of his own MPs regularly contradict the official public health advice without rebuke, let me try to answer your question. 2 Feb 2021, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian
3. (obsolete, transitive) To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.