Imbued
[ɪm'bju:d]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Imbue
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Examples
- From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition; but how am I sunk! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Even at this early age, he was deep read and imbued with the spirit of high philosophy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- On the other hand, humanism means at bottom being imbued with an intelligent sense of human interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A certain leanness falls upon houses not sufficiently imbued with life (as if they were nourished upon it), which was very noticeable here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But, imbued from her childhood with a brooding sense of wrong, and an inveterate hatred of a class, opportunity had developed her into a tigress. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Only when that is done is it imbued with life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As soon as one of these silver particles has been touched by light, it becomes imbued with the power of holding whatever the lens has transmitted to it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I did so, and was glad to see the spirit of confidence with which he was imbued. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I became imbued with the notion on that first occasion before we sat down to dinner, but I cannot define by what means. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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