imbuing (verb)

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• imbue — transitive verb (imbued; imbuing) Etymology: Latin imbuere Date: 1555 1. to permeate or influence as if by dyeing < the spirit that imbues the new constitution > 2. to tinge or dye deeply 3. endow 3 < Spanish missions imbue the city with Old… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• infuse — transitive verb (infused; infusing) Etymology: Middle English, to pour in, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French infuser, from Latin infusus, past participle of infundere to pour in, from in + fundere to pour more at found Date: 1526 1. a. to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Song of the hoe — Stone hoes from America. The first basalt hoes in the Near East would have looked similar to these …   Wikipedia

• imbue — [[t]ɪmbju͟ː[/t]] imbues, imbuing, imbued VERB If someone or something is imbued with an idea, feeling, or quality, they become filled with it. [FORMAL] [be V ed with n] As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless… …   English dictionary

• imbue — [ɪm bju:] verb (imbues, imbuing, imbued) (often be imbued with) fill with a feeling or quality. Origin ME (in the sense saturate ): from Fr. imbu moistened , from L. imbut , imbuere moisten …   English new terms dictionary

• infuse — infuse, suffuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. Infuse implies a permeating like that of infiltering fluid, usually of something which imbues the recipient with new spirit …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• imbue — UK [ɪmˈbjuː] / US [ɪmˈbju] verb Word forms imbue : present tense I/you/we/they imbue he/she/it imbues present participle imbuing past tense imbued past participle imbued Phrasal verbs: imbue with …   English dictionary

• imbue with — phrasal verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms imbue with : present tense I/you/we/they imbue with he/she/it imbues with present participle imbuing with past tense imbued with past participle imbued with formal imbue someone/something with… …   English dictionary

• imbue — /ɪmˈbju / (say im byooh) verb (t) (imbued, imbuing) 1. to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc. 2. to saturate with moisture, impregnate with colour, etc. {Latin imbuere moisten} –imbuement, noun …  

• imbue — ► VERB (imbues, imbued, imbuing) (often be imbued with) ▪ fill with a feeling or quality. ORIGIN originally in the sense «saturate»: from Latin imbuere moisten …   English terms dictionary

• imbue with — im ˈbue with [transitive] often passive [present tense I/you/we/they imbue with he/she/it imbues with present participle imbuing with past tense …   Useful english dictionary