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Imbue (verb)
To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
“The shirt was imbued with his scent.”
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Imbue (verb)
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
“The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.”
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Imbrue (verb)
To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.).
Wiktionary
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Imbue (verb)
inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)
“his works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity”
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Imbrue (verb)
stain (something, especially one’s hands or sword)
“they were unwilling to imbrue their hands in his blood”
Oxford Dictionary