imbue
verb/ɪmˈbjuː/
/ɪmˈbjuː/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they imbue | /ɪmˈbjuː/ /ɪmˈbjuː/ |
| he / she / it imbues | /ɪmˈbjuːz/ /ɪmˈbjuːz/ |
| past simple imbued | /ɪmˈbjuːd/ /ɪmˈbjuːd/ |
| past participle imbued | /ɪmˈbjuːd/ /ɪmˈbjuːd/ |
| -ing form imbuing | /ɪmˈbjuːɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbjuːɪŋ/ |
- to fill somebody/something with strong feelings, opinions or values synonym infuse
- be imbued with something Her voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness.
- He was imbued with a desire for social justice.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘saturate’): from French imbu ‘moistened’, from Latin imbutus, past participle of imbuere ‘moisten’.Definitions on the go
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