embrue

em·brue

 (ĕm-bro͞o′)
v.
Variant of imbrue.
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embrue

(ɪmˈbruː)
vb, -brues, -bruing or -brued
a variant spelling of imbrue
emˈbruement n
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im•brue

(ɪmˈbru)

also embrue



v.t. -brued, -bru•ing.
to stain.
[1400–50; late Middle English enbrewen < Middle French embreuver to cause to drink in, soak, drench < Vulgar Latin *imbiberāre, derivative of Latin imbibere to imbibe]
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embrue


Past participle: embrued
Gerund: embruing

Imperative
embrue
embrue
Present
I embrue
you embrue
he/she/it embrues
we embrue
you embrue
they embrue
Preterite
I embrued
you embrued
he/she/it embrued
we embrued
you embrued
they embrued
Present Continuous
I am embruing
you are embruing
he/she/it is embruing
we are embruing
you are embruing
they are embruing
Present Perfect
I have embrued
you have embrued
he/she/it has embrued
we have embrued
you have embrued
they have embrued
Past Continuous
I was embruing
you were embruing
he/she/it was embruing
we were embruing
you were embruing
they were embruing
Past Perfect
I had embrued
you had embrued
he/she/it had embrued
we had embrued
you had embrued
they had embrued
Future
I will embrue
you will embrue
he/she/it will embrue
we will embrue
you will embrue
they will embrue
Future Perfect
I will have embrued
you will have embrued
he/she/it will have embrued
we will have embrued
you will have embrued
they will have embrued
Future Continuous
I will be embruing
you will be embruing
he/she/it will be embruing
we will be embruing
you will be embruing
they will be embruing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been embruing
you have been embruing
he/she/it has been embruing
we have been embruing
you have been embruing
they have been embruing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been embruing
you will have been embruing
he/she/it will have been embruing
we will have been embruing
you will have been embruing
they will have been embruing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been embruing
you had been embruing
he/she/it had been embruing
we had been embruing
you had been embruing
they had been embruing
Conditional
I would embrue
you would embrue
he/she/it would embrue
we would embrue
you would embrue
they would embrue
Past Conditional
I would have embrued
you would have embrued
he/she/it would have embrued
we would have embrued
you would have embrued
they would have embrued
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imbrue

also embrue
verb
To cover with blood:
bloodstain, bloody, ensanguine.
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