imbue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.
To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

/ɪmˈbjuː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imbue.wav /ɪmˈbju/

imbue imbues imbuing imbued

From Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”). Compare imbibe.

infuse pervade steep suffuse

imbuement imbuer reimbue unimbued

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