(1):

(v. t.) To saturate; to imbue.

(2):

(v. t.) To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

(3):

(v. t.) To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.