imbibe
verb (used with object)
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I am jackarooing there, as they say in Australia, which is to say that I am imbibing instruction in the craft in consideration of my valuable services.”
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford