imbue
/im'bju:/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To inspire or permeate thoroughly with a feeling, quality, or idea: To fill someone or something deeply with a particular emotion, principle, or characteristic.
- To saturate or dye something with a color or substance: To cause a color, liquid, or quality to soak into and spread throughout something.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The teacher sought to imbue her students with a love of learning. (She aimed to fill her students deeply with a passion for learning.)
- The artist imbued the painting with a sense of melancholy. (The artist permeated the painting thoroughly with a sad feeling.)
- The cloth was imbued with a deep blue dye. (The fabric was thoroughly saturated with a blue color.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be imbued with": This passive construction is very common and describes the state of being deeply filled with a quality.
- His speeches are imbued with a sense of urgency. (His speeches are thoroughly permeated by a feeling that action is needed immediately.)
- "to imbue something/someone with something": This is the standard active construction.
- The ceremony is designed to imbue the graduates with confidence. (The ceremony is created to fill the graduates deeply with confidence.)
Variants and Related Words
- Imbued (adj): Describes something that has been filled or permeated.
- An imbued sense of duty guided his actions. (A deeply ingrained sense of duty guided him.)
- Imbuement (n): The act of imbuing or the state of being imbued (less common).
- The imbuement of traditional values was important to the community.
Synonyms
- Permeate: To spread throughout and be present in every part of something.
- Saturate: To fill something completely so no more can be absorbed.
- Infuse: To fill someone or something with a quality or emotion.
- Steep: To soak in a liquid; figuratively, to fill thoroughly with a quality.
- Pervade: To spread through and be noticeable in every part of something.
Antonyms
- Drain: To remove liquid or a quality from something.
- Deprive: To prevent from having or using something.
- Empty: To remove all contents.
Related Phrases and Constructions
- Imbue with life/vitality: To fill something with energy or liveliness.
- The director imbued the old story with new life.
- Imbue with meaning: To fill an action or object with significance.
- The ritual imbues the simple act with great meaning.
Verb
- suffuse with color
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- soak the bandage with disinfectant
- spread or diffuse through
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks