"imbibition" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: imbibitions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English imbibicion, inbibicioun, from Middle French imbibicion. By surface analysis, imbibe + -ition. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|imbibicion}} Middle English imbibicion, {{der|en|frm|imbibicion}} Middle French imbibicion, {{surf|en|imbibe|-ition}} By surface analysis, imbibe + -ition Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} imbibition (countable and uncountable, plural imbibitions)
  1. The act of imbibing. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: imbibing#Noun Translations (the act of imbibing): поемане (poemane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), поглъщане (poglǎštane) (Bulgarian), imbibició [feminine] (Catalan), inumanga (Maori), pamiminum (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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