Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin imbibere, with change of conjugation.

Verb edit

  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

imbibìre (first-person singular present imbibìsco, first-person singular past historic imbibìi, past participle imbibìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to soak something
  2. (transitive, chemistry) to measure the absorption of a liquid by a solid

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Further reading edit

  • imbibire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana