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- Dictionaryim·bue/imˈbyo͞o/
verb
- 1. inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality): "the entire performance was imbued with sparkle and elan"
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Like its synonym infuse, imbue implies the introduction of one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. Someone's voice can be imbued with pride, for example, or a photograph might be imbued with a sense of melancholy.
To imbue is to fill up with or become "soaked" in an idea or emotion, as a sponge takes in water. One visit to a sick relative in a hospital might be enough to imbue a child with a lifelong ambition to become a doctor.
Imbue definition: to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.. See examples of IMBUE used in a sentence.
verb. If someone or something is imbued with an idea, feeling, or quality, they become filled with it. [formal] As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless sense of wonder. [beVERB -ed + with] ...men who can imbue their hearers with enthusiasm. [VERB noun + with]
Definition of imbue verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade: work imbued with the revolutionary spirit. 2. To saturate, impregnate, or dye. [Middle English enbuen, imbeuen, from Latin imbuere, to moisten, stain .] Synonyms: imbue, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse.
: 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. Wiktionary. Synonyms: steep. stain. charge.
