Imbue Definition

ĭm-byo͝o
imbued, imbues, imbuing
verb
imbued, imbues, imbuing
To fill with moisture; saturate.
Webster's New World
To fill with color; dye; tinge.
Webster's New World
To permeate or inspire (with principles, ideas, emotions, etc.)
Webster's New World

: To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

The shirt was imbued with his scent.
Wiktionary
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.
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Origin of Imbue

  • Middle English enbuen, imbeuen from Latin imbuere to moisten, stain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”).

    From Wiktionary

Imbue Sentence Examples

  • The precision with which the path of an eclipse is laid down years in advance cannot but imbue the minds of men with a high sense of the perfection reached by astronomical theories; and the discovery, by purely mathematical processes, of the changes which the orbits and motions of the planets are to undergo through future ages is more impressive the more fully one apprehends the nature of the problem.

  • Wrapping your filet mignon with bacon is an ideal way to imbue the meat with flavor while adding a little bit of fat to help prevent the steak from drying out.

  • Try your own songwriting creativity by taking a popular Christmas song and making it your own as you substitute words to imbue some humor into an otherwise classic tune.

  • The ability to create personal avatars, to imbue them with the user's personality, is something that has become quite important to the serious chat-room participant.

  • Sweater dresses are the epitome of Chanel 's dream of clothes that imbue women with a sense of their own power and freedom.

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