imbue
imbue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles. Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bedew
- damp
- dank
- dew
- dewy
- drench
- dripping
- dry
- exude
- have
- humect
- humectate
- humectation
- humid
- humidity
- hygrometer
- hygrometry
- imbrue
- infiltrate
- irriguous
- juicy
- madefaction
- madid
- marsh
- marshy
- moist
- moisten
- moistness
- moisture
- muddy
- not
- perspire
- roral
- roric
- rorid
- roscid
- saturate
- saturated
- serein
- skin
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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