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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
imbue
 
SYLLABICATION:im·bue
PRONUNCIATION:  m-by
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: im·bued, im·bu·ing, im·bues
1. To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade: work imbued with the revolutionary spirit. See synonyms at charge. 2. To permeate or saturate. 3. To stain or dye deeply.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English enbuen, imbeuen, from Latin imbuere, to moisten, stain.
 
 
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