ingest

Verb

• take up mentally
  • he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
    

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • Have another bowl of chicken soup!
    
  • I don't take sugar in my coffee
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  absorb , assimilate , take in , consume , take , have
• Antonyms: 
  abstain , refrain , desist