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Imbibition

//ɪm.bɪˈbɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of imbibing. countable, uncountable

    "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; […]"

  2. 2
    the act of consuming liquids wordnet
  3. 3
    (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English imbibicion, inbibicioun, from Middle French imbibicion. By surface analysis, imbibe + -ition.

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