reimˈbibe, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To imbibe († or soak) again. Also fig. Hence reimˈbibing vbl. n.
| 1594 Plat Jewell-ho. i. 57 Let these wast ashes bee reimbibed with more water. 1663 Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. App. 336 The hot Liquor soon reimbib'd the Salt. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 44 The reimbibing of perspired matter. 1823 J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 40 The paper has had time sufficient to re-imbibe the moisture. a 1960 E. M. Forster Maurice (1971) iii. 15 Then he would reimbibe the face and the four words. |