imbue
pronunciation
How to pronounce imbue in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbjuː]
How to pronounce imbue in American English:
US [ɪmˈbjuː]
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- Verb:
- spread or diffuse through
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- suffuse with color
Word Origin
- imbue (v.)
- early 15c., "to keep wet; to soak, saturate;" also figuratively "to cause to absorb" (feelings, opinions, etc.), from Latin imbuere "moisten," of uncertain origin, perhaps from the same root as imbrication. Compare also Old French embu, past participle of emboivre, from Latin imbibere "drink in, soak in" (see imbibe), which might have influenced the English word. Related: Imbued; imbuing.
Example
- 1. But does this high-pressure learning method imbue overconfidence as well ?
- 2. Nicolas sarkozy spent five years as president trying to imbue the french with a similar attitude .
- 3. Stories of suffering children are always hard to stomach , but they tend to hit with particular impact in china , where the one-child policy and a strong belief in the family as the most basic unit of society have combined to imbue the young with an aura of unsurpassed importance .