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Word of the Day for Sunday, July 19, 2009 imbue \im-BYOO\, transitive verb: 1. To tinge or dye deeply; to cause to absorb thoroughly; as, "clothes thoroughly imbued with black." 2. To instill profoundly; to cause to become impressed or penetrated. Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings. -- Nancy Etcoff, Survival of the Prettiest Along with the rest of us he would certainly applaud attempts to imbue the young with the spirit of fair play. -- John Bryant, "Football should heed the Corinthian spirit", Times (London), February 17, 2000 He wanted to remake American cinema into a positive force for good, to imbue it with a transcendent sense of virtue and order. -- Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood Imbue comes from Latin imbuere, "to wet, to steep, to saturate." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for imbue Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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