Word of the Day: IMBIBE
Drink it in
imbibe (verb) - to drink a liquid; to drink in or absorb [im-bahyb]
BREAKDOWN: IM- (in) + BIB- (to drink)
imbibition is a type of diffusion where water is absorbed by solids, causing a large increase in volume
“A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with ‘a sort of greedy enjoyment,’ as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was "saturated with the bouquet of silence.” —Holbrook Jackson
