IMBIBING
IMBI'BING, participle present tense Drinking in; absorbing; receiving and retaining.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMBI'BING, participle present tense Drinking in; absorbing; receiving and retaining.
IMBIBI'TION, noun The act of imbibing.
IMBIT'TER, verb transitive [in and bitter.] To make bitter.1. To make unhappy or grievous; to render distressing. The sins of youth often imbitter old age. Grief imbitters our e...
IMBIT'TERED, participle passive Made unhappy or painful; exasperated.
IMBIT'TERING, participle present tense Rendering unhappy or distressing; exasperating.
IMBOD'IED, participle passive [See Imbody.] Formed into a body.
IMBOD'Y, verb transitive [in and body.] To form into a body; to invest with matter; to make corporeal; as, to imbody the soul or spirit.An opening cloud revealsA heavenly form, ...
IMBOD'YING, participle present tense Forming into a body; investing with a corporeal body.1. Collecting and uniting in a body.
IMBOIL', verb intransitive To effervesce.
IMBOLDEN, verb transitive imboldn. [in and bold.] To encourage; to give confidence to.Nothing imboldens sin so much as mercy.IMBOLDEN, participle passive Encouraged; having rece...
IMBOLDENING, participle present tense Encouraging; giving confidence.
IMBORD'ER, verb transitive [in and border.] To furnish or inclose with a border; to adorn with a border.1. To terminate; to bound.
IMBORD'ERED, participle passive Furnished, inclosed or adorned with a border; bounded.
IMBORD'ERING, participle present tense Furnishing, inclosing or adorning with a border; bounding.
IMBOSK', verb transitive To conceal, as in bushes; to hide.
IMBO'SOM, verb transitive s as z. [in and bosom.] To hold in the bosom; to cover fondly with the folds of one's garment.1. To hold in nearness or intimacy.--The Father infinite,...
IMBO'SOMED, participle passive Held in the bosom or to the breast; caressed; surrounded in the midst; inclosed; covered.
IMBO'SOMING, participle present tense Holding in the bosom; caressing; holding to the breast; inclosing or covering in the midst.
IMBOUND', verb transitive [in and bound.] To inclose in limits; to shut in. [Little used.]
IMBOW, verb transitive [in and bow.] To arch; to vault; as an imbowed roof.1. To make of a circular form; as imbowed windows.
IMBOWED, participle passive Arched; vaulted; made of a circular form.
IMBOW'ER, verb transitive [in and bower.] To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.
IMBOW'ERED, participle passive Covered with a bower; sheltered with trees.
IMBOW'ERING, participle present tense Covering with a bower or with trees.
IMBOWING, participle present tense Arching; vaulting; making of a circular form.
IMBOWMENT, noun An arch; a vault.
IMBOX', verb transitive To inclose in a box.