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imbue

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im·bue  (m-by)
tr.v. im·bued, im·bu·ing, im·bues
1. To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade: work imbued with the revolutionary spirit. See Synonyms at charge.
2. To permeate or saturate.
3. To stain or dye deeply.

[Middle English enbuen, imbeuen, from Latin imbuere, to moisten, stain.]

imbue
Verb
[-buing, -bued] to fill or inspire (with ideals or principles) [Latin imbuere to stain]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.imbue - spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
spiritise, spiritize - imbue with a spirit
2.imbue - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"
steep, infuse - let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol"
brew - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"
impregnate, saturate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
3.imbue - suffuse with color
color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

imbue
Translations
Spanish imbue [ɪmˈbjuː] vt to imbue sth with → imbuir algo de
French imbue [ɪmˈbjuː] vt to imbue sth with → imprégner qch de
German imbue [ɪmˈbjuː] vt to imbue sb/sth with → jdn/etw durchdringen mit
Italian imbue [ɪmˈbjuː] vt to imbue sth with → impregnare qc di

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This is quite far enough to imbue me with great respect for the Martian firearm, and some telepathic force must have warned me against an attempt to escape in broad daylight from under the muzzles of twenty of these death-dealing machines.
For instance, I have often tried, in my pulpit discourses on theft, to imbue the folk of this parish with the very ideas of Right to which you have just given utterance.
Here, one would suppose, might have been sorrow enough to imbue the sunniest disposition through and through with a sable tinge.
 
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