imbue

  • 11imbue — transitive verb (imbued; imbuing) Etymology: Latin imbuere Date: 1555 1. to permeate or influence as if by dyeing < the spirit that imbues the new constitution > 2. to tinge or dye deeply 3. endow 3 < Spanish missions imbue the city with Old&#8230; …

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  • 12imbue — im|bue [ ım bju ] verb im bue with phrasal verb transitive often passive FORMAL imbue someone/something with something to fill someone or something with a particular quality or emotion: His voice was imbued with a seriousness that Blanche had&#8230; …

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  • 13imbue — [[t]ɪmbju͟ː[/t]] imbues, imbuing, imbued VERB If someone or something is imbued with an idea, feeling, or quality, they become filled with it. [FORMAL] [be V ed with n] As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless&#8230; …

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  • 14imbue — verb imbue sb with sth phrasal verb (transitive usually passive) to make someone feel an emotion very strongly: a people deeply imbued with national pride …

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  • 15imbue — [ɪmˈbjuː] verb imbue sb/sth with sth …

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  • 16imbue someone with (something) — imbue (someone/something) with (something) to fill someone or something with a particular quality or feeling. Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors. They seemed more interested in enriching themselves than in imbuing people with the&#8230; …

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  • 17imbue something with (something) — imbue (someone/something) with (something) to fill someone or something with a particular quality or feeling. Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors. They seemed more interested in enriching themselves than in imbuing people with the&#8230; …

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  • 18imbue with (something) — imbue (someone/something) with (something) to fill someone or something with a particular quality or feeling. Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors. They seemed more interested in enriching themselves than in imbuing people with the&#8230; …

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  • 19imbue with — phrasal verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms imbue with : present tense I/you/we/they imbue with he/she/it imbues with present participle imbuing with past tense imbued with past participle imbued with formal imbue someone/something with&#8230; …

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  • 20imbue with — im ˈbue with [transitive] often passive [present tense I/you/we/they imbue with he/she/it imbues with present participle imbuing with past tense …

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