Found 3 hits - Term: imbrue, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
imbrue \imbrue"\, v. t. imp. p. p. imbureed; p. pr. vb.
n. imbureing. cf. of. embruer, also embruver, embreuver,
embrever, to give to drink, soak see pref. en-, 1, 1st
in-, and breverage, but also oe. enbrewen, enbrowen, to
stain, soil cf. brewis.
to wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
1913 webster
while darwen stream, will blood of scots imbrued.
--milton.
1913 webster
see also:
imbureed imbureing en- in- breverage brewis
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
imbrue
v : permeate or impregnate; "the war drenched the country in
blood" syn: drench
see also:
drench
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
45 moby thesaurus words for "imbrue":
bathe, besprinkle, breathe, brew, color, decoct, douche, dredge,
drench, drouk, dye, entincture, flavor, flush, imbue, impregnate,
infiltrate, infuse, inject, instill, lave, leach, leaven,
lixiviate, macerate, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade,
rinse, saturate, season, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep,
suffuse, temper, tincture, tinge, transfuse, wash, waterlog
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