imbue
1Imbue — Im*bue , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbuing}.] [L. imbuere; pref. im in + perh. a disused simple word akin to L. bibere to drink. Cf. {Imbibe}.] 1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued… …
2imbue — I verb bathe, drench, fill, imbuere, implant, impress upon the mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inficere, influence, infuse, inject, inspire, instill, leaven, permeate, pervade, pour in, saturate, soak, tingere II index inculcate, infuse …
3imbue — (v.) early 15c., to keep wet; to soak, saturate; also figuratively to cause to absorb (feelings, opinions, etc.), from L. imbuere moisten, of uncertain origin, perhaps from the same root as IMBRICATION (Cf. imbrication). Cf. also O.Fr. embu, pp.… …
4imbue — inoculate, leaven, ingrain, *infuse, suffuse Analogous words: *inform, inspire, fire, animate: impregnate, saturate, *permeate, pervade …
5imbue — see infuse …
6imbue — [v] infuse, saturate bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse; concepts 209,236,245 Ant. drain, take out …
7imbue — ► VERB (imbues, imbued, imbuing) (often be imbued with) ▪ fill with a feeling or quality. ORIGIN originally in the sense «saturate»: from Latin imbuere moisten …
8imbue — [im byo͞o′] vt. imbued, imbuing [L imbuere, to wet, soak] 1. Rare to fill with moisture; saturate 2. to fill with color; dye; tinge 3. to permeate or inspire (with principles, ideas, emotions, etc.) …
9imbue — UK [ɪmˈbjuː] / US [ɪmˈbju] verb Word forms imbue : present tense I/you/we/they imbue he/she/it imbues present participle imbuing past tense imbued past participle imbued Phrasal verbs: imbue with …
10imbue — im|bue [ımˈbju:] v imbue with [imbue sb/sth with sth] phr v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: imbuere to make wet, stain ] to make someone or something have a quality, idea, or emotion very strongly ▪ His philosophical writings are imbued with… …
