imbiben
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin imbibō. It has been suggested that the loan was mediated through Middle French imbiber, but this is unlikely.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editimbiben
Conjugation
editConjugation of imbiben (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: imbibe
References
edit- “embīben, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.