单词 | imbue |
释义 | imbuev. 1. a. transitive. To saturate, wet thoroughly (with moisture); to dye, tinge, impregnate (with colour or some physical quality). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] drenchc1000 washc1275 drowna1300 drunkena1300 drunka1382 bewetc1400 bedrenchc1450 bucka1513 sowp1513 drooka1522 sousea1542 soaken1577 overdrown1579 soss1587 embay1590 steep1590 overdrencha1592 embathe1593 indrench1593 imbue1594 douse1606 besob1609 bucket1621 sob1625 dash1670 sop1682 saturate1696 float1729 water1754 sodden1812 douche1864 poach1881 tosh1883 sod1895 the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > dye [verb (transitive)] dyea1000 bedyea1522 intinct1547 imbue1594 double-dye1602 woad1642 dip1667 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > impregnate infecta1398 interfuse1593 imbue1594 impregnate1605 imbibe1622 impregn1652 embryonate1666 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 137 Ornes and Ceders with sweete sent imbewd. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xii. 198 They had their bones, their sinewes, and their flesh, so imbewed with Manna and his qualities, that..they longed after nothing else. 1663 R. Boyle Exper. & Consid. Colours iii. xlviii. §6 Copper plentifully dissolved in aqua fortis, will imbue several bodies with the colour of the solution. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet It is incredible how small a Quantity of Oil in this Quality will suffice to imbue a very plentiful Quantity of Sallet-Herbs. 1818 W. Wordsworth On Evening Extraordinary Beauty ii Beamy radiance, that imbues Whate'er it strikes with gem-like hues. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xxix. 17 Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away. c1878 Oxf. Bible-Helps 255 Cere-cloth, imbued with unguents and spices. b. To imbrue (with blood). ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > staining > stain [verb (transitive)] distain1393 wanhuea1500 colour1501 imbrue1529 stain1655 restain1843 imbue1850 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain or smear with blood bebloodyc1210 bebleedc1230 begore?1518 blood1522 imbrue1529 bloody1530 gore1566 engore1593 sanguine1610 gild1614 beblood1623 bleed1634 ensanguine1667 bloodstain1798 vermilion1817 imbue1850 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xix. 353 The refractory legions, imbued with the blood of their officers. 1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse xx. 210 Hands in kindred blood imbued. 2. To impregnate, permeate, pervade, or inspire (with opinions, feelings, habits, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > instil person with ideas infecta1387 imbue1555 infuse1560 imbrue1565 instil1644 impregnate1652 inoculate1784 indoctrinate1832 brainwash1951 1555 R. Eden tr. Coppie of Bull in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 171v The nations..seeme apte..to be imbued with good maners. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints xxiv What fell Erynnis with hot burning tongs, Did grype your hearts with noysome rage imbew'd? 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 216 Thy words with Grace Divine Imbu'd . View more context for this quotation 1736 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistr. in Wks. (1871) III. 415 To imbue the multitude with such notions as may control their appetites. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. viii. 191 He is so thoroughly imbued with the spirit of his authors. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 285 How deeply the prejudices of the multitude imbued the educated class also. Derivatives imˈbuement n. the action of imbuing, the fact of being imbued. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun] infusionc1450 insinuationa1530 instillation?c1550 indoctrinating1642 implantation1653 instilling1659 imbuement1693 inoculation1761 instilment1773 indoctrinization1887 indoctrination1950 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 101 An Imbuement from its Divine Source. 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1555 |
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