Imbibe vs. Imbue — What's the Difference?

Imbibe is a magazine published in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is published six times a year.

Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)

Drink (alcohol)

To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade

To drink.

To saturate, impregnate, or dye.

To absorb or take in as if by drinking

(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

To receive and absorb into the mind

In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

(Obsolete) To permeate; saturate.

To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

To drink alcoholic beverages.

To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.

To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

Spread or diffuse through;

(figuratively) To take in; absorb.

Fill, soak, or imbue totally;

To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.

Suffuse with color

To drink in; to absorb; to soak up; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

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

To saturate; to imbue.

Take in, also metaphorically;

Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

Take in liquids;

Receive into the mind and retain;