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   im·bue

   /imˈbyo͞o/

   verb

   • 1. inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality): "the entire performance was imbued with sparkle and elan"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘saturate’): from French imbu ‘moistened’, from Latin imbutus, past participle of imbuere ‘moisten’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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