ingest

To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. synonym: eat.

To take in and absorb as food.

To put, bring, or throw in: used chiefly of the introduction of substances, as food, into the body.

To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.

To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.

To take into the body, as for digestion.

take up mentally

serve oneself to, or consume regularly