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verb (imbu, ing)
- (transitive): The act of wetting or staining an object completely with some physical quality.
- The scarf was imbued with her scent.
- In general, any act 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.
- Imbue takes meaning from the word `Imbibe`, which means, to absorb or to be filled with.
Etymology: From Latin, imbuere which means 'to wet' or 'to moisten' or 'to stain'.
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