to imbue
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6.9
- verb
- /ɪmˈbjuː/
:
infundir
- Not all places on the map are imbued with strong regional identities.
- imbued with meaning
- imbued with significance
- imbued with the spirit
They are the things that may imbue life with meaning and purpose.
- They are the things that may imbue life with meaning and purpose.
- He was a remarkable man who imbued a spirit of America which many Americans still feel.
- And and that will imbue the environment with compassion.
- Perspective will give you that perspective will imbue you with that.
- Like, yes, Lucasfilm has brought people in to imbue their directorial style on a film.
- So the natural medicines can imbue that with our reconnection with earth based intelligence.
- What may be until that thought is imbued with the the power, with the fuel that gives it life.
- And you know that it, it imbues so much power, almost talismanic magical power to a word.
- So I think it is possible to imbue a computer with that, that stuff that humans like take for granted when they go in and and sit down and try to interpret things.
Examples
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Teachers often imbue their students with a love of learning and curiosity.
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"Admonishing students in an authoritative manner, they sought to imbue them with democratic values."
Academic text (1990) -
But first, what meaning did you imbue this cat with after these repeated visits?
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They are the things that may imbue life with meaning and purpose.
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His hopes and desires were never imbued with the will to make them real.
Academic text (1993) -
He was a remarkable man who imbued a spirit of America which many Americans still feel.
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Domestic public policy discourse on the economic front is imbued with a new sense of pragmatism.
Academic text (1999) -
She imbues these castaways with a dignity their parents never knew.
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There's your typical Londoner... imbued with the Christian spirit of sympathy for his fellow man.
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When Arishem made us, he imbued us with infinite cosmic energy to keep our bodies regenerating.
Synonyms
108
6.4
To put an idea or feeling into someone's mind so it stays there
71
4.8
To gradually make someone feel, believe, or value something
62
3.9
Add a new idea or quality to something
54
4.1
Fill a place with strong feeling or energy
37
4.6
Fill someone or something with a feeling like confidence
24
6.0
To spread through something and reach every part
22
6.7
Spread through a place so you notice it everywhere
17
4.8
To give a quality or feeling to something
16
5.7
Put a strong idea or belief into someone's mind
14
4.4
Fill something completely with a liquid or a strong feeling
9
8.1
Teach someone a belief or habit by repeating it often
1
7.4
To fill something with a strong smell or feeling
1
7.3
To give people a feeling or idea over time
To make someone feel brave and excited
To make something feel holy or full of life
To give people a strong feeling of spiritual power
Antonyms
How Filled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Imbue comes from the Latin verb imbuere, which meant 'to wet' or 'stain'. A helpful image is pouring a quality into someone like pouring water into a cup, which is why to imbue someone or something is to fill them deeply with a feeling or idea.