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imbue verb [ ɪmˈbjuː ]

• inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality).
• "his works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity"
Similar: permeate, saturate, diffuse, suffuse, pervade, impregnate, inject, inculcate, instil, ingrain, inspire, inform, fill, charge, load,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘saturate’): from French imbu ‘moistened’, from Latin imbutus, past participle of imbuere ‘moisten’.


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