They're becoming places to not just imbibe knowledge but create it-physically

The child seemed to imbibe knowledge with a rapidity which astonished all those who watched her.

But beware how you imbibe knowledge from other sources; from the traditions of men; from mere human learning.

She took them into the large schoolroom where twenty small people of various sizes sat with their books, very cheerfully imbibing knowledge.

And this unorthodox fashion of imbibing knowledge in the very lap of the Earth Mother, was Lilámani Sinclair's impracticable idea of 'giving lessons'!

At first she imbibed knowledge under protest, much as she might have eaten food she disliked but which she believed was good for her.