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to imbrue

to imbrue

9.9
To stain something with blood or another dark liquid
  • verb
  • /ɪmˈbruː/
  • Archaic
translation icon : empapar
  • She was careful not to imbrue her dress while painting.

Examples

  • The fallen soldier's body was imbrued with blood after the battle.

  • The dark red stains imbrued the white cloth, making it unwearable.

  • The cancer of racism imbrues our national character.

    Lean On Me (1989)

Synonyms

to drench
vsto imbrue
14 4.4

Fill something completely with a liquid or a strong feeling

stains by coloring deeply rather than only wetting or soaking
to impregnate
vsto imbrue
3 7.4

To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical

stains specifically instead of merely saturating with any substance
to imbue
vsto imbrue
1 7.7

To give a material or object a deep color

stains thoroughly with blood or a similar dark substance

Antonyms

to cleanse
33 3.0

Remove dirt and germs from a person's body by washing

How Stained

to saturate
55 5.2
to imbrue
  • Archaic
9.9
stain
224 1.4
to smear
63 3.7

Surface Forms

imbrue infinitive
imbrued past
imbrued past participle
imbruing present participle
imbrues third person singular

Etymology

Imbrue comes from the Latin imbuere, which means 'to soak' or 'to stain' and is the source of the English verb imbue. So, to imbrue something is to soak or stain it deeply, which is why the word often describes fields or hands marked by blood or guilt.