imbibo

imbĭbo ( inb- ), bi, 3, v. a. [in-bibo], to drink in, imbibe.

I.

Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare):

is nidor per infurnibulum imbibitur in vetere tussi,

Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135.—

B.

Transf.:

oculi imbibunt tenebras,

become darkened, blind, Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 13.—

II.

Trop., to imbibe, conceive (class.): de aliquo malam opinionem animo imbibere, Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42:

certamen animis,

Liv. 2, 58, 6:

paternas artes ingenio,

Aus. Parent. 13.—

B.

In partic., to determine, resolve to do a thing (usually with an object-clause ):

quod si facere nolit atque imbiberit ejusmodi rationibus illum ad suas condiciones perducere,

Cic. Quint. 6, 27:

ut ex ira poenas petere imbibat acres,

Lucr. 6, 72; 3, 997:

neque immemor ejus, quod initio consulatus im biberat, reconciliandi animos plebis,

Liv. 2, 47, 12.