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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: imbuere 'to make wet, stain'

imbue

 verb
     
im‧bue

imbue somebody/something with something

phrasal verb
to make someone or something have a quality, idea, or emotion very strongly:
His philosophical writings are imbued with religious belief.
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