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imbibe

verb

1 he was flushed from the Scotch he'd imbibed:

drink, consume, sup, sip, quaff, swallow, down, guzzle, gulp (down), swill, lap, slurp;

informal swig, knock back, sink;

British, informal neck;

North American, informal chug.

2 he had imbibed too liberally:

drink alcohol, drink, take strong drink, indulge, tipple, swill;

informal booze, hit the bottle, take to the bottle, knock a few back, wet one's whistle;

British, informal bevvy;

North American, informal bend one's elbow;

archaic wassail, tope.

3 he has spent a lifetime imbibing his local club's history:

assimilate, absorb, soak up, take in, digest, ingest, drink in, learn, acquire, grasp, gain, pick up, familiarize oneself with.