Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Imbibition \Im`bi*bi"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.]
   The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the
   post-mortem imbibition of poisons. --Bacon.

Source : WordNet®

imbibition
     n 1: (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
     2: the act of consuming liquids [syn: {drinking}, {imbibing}]