All 3 Uses of
imbibe
in
The Pathfinder, by Cooper
- "And this poor flower, that first blossomed in the clearings—shall it wither in the forest?" objected his friend, with a poetry which he had unconsciously imbibed by his long association with the Delawares.†
Chpt 4 *imbibed = taken in; or took in
- The hands soon imbibed a respect for his skill; and, though they wondered at the disappearance of their old commander and the pilot, for which no reason had been publicly given, they soon yielded an implicit and cheerful obedience to the new one.†
Chpt 16
- The muscles of the listener's face twitched as the Sergeant was thus delivering his sentiments, though the former had now recovered a portion of that stoicism which formed so large a part of his character, and which he had probably imbibed from long association with the Indians.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
to take in -- especially to drink alcohol or be influenced by ideas