imbibition

imbibition (countable and uncountable, plural imbibitions)

1. The act of imbibing.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], OCLC 48702491; reprinted as Hydriotaphia (The English Replicas), New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927, OCLC 78413388, pages 163–164:

     For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; [...]

• imbibe

imbibition f (plural imbibitions)

1. imbibition

• “imbibition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.