Both Uses
imbibe
in
War and Peace
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- "The highest wisdom and truth are like the purest liquid we may wish to imbibe," he said.†
Chpt 5 *imbibe = take in
- Where, how, and when had this young countess, educated by an emigree French governess, imbibed from the Russian air she breathed that spirit and obtained that manner which the pas de chale * would, one would have supposed, long ago have effaced?†
Chpt 7imbibed = taken in; or took in
Definitions:
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(1)
(imbibe) to take in -- especially to drink alcohol or be influenced by ideas
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)