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Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-byoo
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈbyu

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Définition of imbued

Origin :
  • 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. Cf. 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.
  • verb infuse, saturate
Example sentences :
  • Her husband had ideas on that subject, and had imbued her with them.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The air and sunshine, nay, the very rocks are imbued with it.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Men should be imbued with a sense of their strength, not of their weakness.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Christians are imbued with a psychology derived from a completed revelation.
  • Extract from : « The Mistakes of Jesus » by William Floyd
  • Imbued with a momentary courage, she advanced to her husband and took his hand.
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • Pomponio Leto, his preceptor, had imbued him with the spirit of the humanists.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • It had humility and courage too; it was imbued with a spirit strong and calm.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • The gaping planks of the guillotine are imbued with their last traces.
  • Extract from : « The Stranger in France » by John Carr
  • Both were imbued with but one thought and that thought centered on Tom Gray.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • He seemed, indeed, to have been imbued with the gift of success.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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