Imbue
[ɪm'bjuː] or [ɪm'bjʊ]
Definition
(v. t.) To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.
(v. t.) To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.
Checked by Hugo
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Tinge, dye, stain, tint, tincture, color.[2]. Impregnate, inoculate, infuse.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tinge, dye, stain, impregnate, inoculate, ingrain, affect, infect
ANT:Disimbue, disinoculate, disabuse, cleanse, clear, purge, disinfect
Checker: Walter
Definition
v.t. to moisten: to tinge deeply: to cause to imbibe as the mind.
Typed by Hannah
Examples
- I have endeavoured to brave the storm--I have endeavoured to school myself to fortitude--I have sought to imbue myself with the lessons of wisdom. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I have never been able to imbue my poor boy with that part of his art. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- 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.
- A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Muriel