imbibire

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin imbibere, with change of conjugation. === Verb === imbibìre (first-person singular present imbibìsco, first-person singular past historic imbibìi, past participle imbibìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to soak something (transitive, chemistry) to measure the absorption of a liquid by a solid ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== imbevere imbibirsi imbibito imbibizione === Further reading === imbibire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana