imbrue
Meanings
verb
- To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’].
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English embrewen, from Old French *embrever (whence Middle French embreuver), metathetic variant of embevrer (“to imbibe, steep, penetrate, soak”) (with same stem variation found in French abreuver and beuverie), from Vulgar Latin imbiberāre.
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