imbibe
verb (used with object)
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink.
has been imbibing
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present perfect progressiveof imbibe (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In one sense there should be nothing mysterious about substances that every air-breathing creature on the globe has been imbibing pretty constantly ever since lungs came into fashion.
From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Henry Smith Williams
