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单词 imbues
释义

imbue

verb

im·​bue im-ˈbyü How to pronounce imbue (audio)
imbued; imbuing

transitive verb

1
: endow sense 3
Spanish missions imbue the city with Old World charm Scott Pendleton
2
: to permeate or influence as if by dyeing
the spirit that imbues the new constitution
3
: to tinge or dye deeply

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Imbue Has Old French Roots

Like its synonym infuse, imbue implies the introduction of one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. A nation can be imbued with pride, for example, or a photograph might be imbued with a sense of melancholy. In the past imbue has also been used synonymously with imbrue, an obscure word meaning "to drench or stain," but etymologists do not think the two words are related. Imbue derives from the Latin verb imbuere, meaning "to dye, wet, or moisten." Imbrue has been traced back through Anglo-French and Old French to the Latin verb bibere, meaning "to drink."

Synonyms

  • endue
  • indue
  • inculcate
  • infuse
  • ingrain
  • engrain
  • inoculate
  • invest
  • steep
  • suffuse
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Example Sentences

A feeling of optimism imbues her works. her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before
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Word History

Etymology

Latin imbuere

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined at sense 2

imbues

verb

present tense third-person singular of imbue
as in suffuses
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • suffuses
  • infuses
  • invests
  • inculcates
  • fills
  • inoculates
  • endues
  • engrains
  • floods
  • enlivens
  • animates
  • steeps
  • ingrains
  • overwhelms
  • invigorates
  • instills
  • pervades
  • permeates
  • leavens
  • charges
  • indues
  • plants
  • impregnates
  • saturates
  • drowns
  • submerges
  • inundates
  • implants
  • deluges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • deprives
  • removes
  • divests
  • eliminates
  • empties
  • clears
  • takes (away)
  • strips
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