- imbruing
- im·brue || ɪm'bruË v. stain, wet; fill, saturate
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Imbruement — Im*brue ment, n. The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imbrue — also embrue transitive verb (imbrued; also embrued; imbruing; also embruing) Etymology: Middle English enbrewen, embrowen, from Anglo French embrower to soil, probably alteration of Old French abevrer, abreuver to water, soak, ultimately from… … New Collegiate Dictionary
imbrue — imbruement, n. /im broo /, v.t., imbrued, imbruing. 1. to stain: He refused to imbrue his hands with the blood of more killing. 2. to impregnate or imbue (usually fol. by with or in): They are imbrued with the follies of youth. Also, embrue.… … Universalium
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1 8; Ex. 29:38 42; Lev. 6:8 23; Ex. 30:7 9; 27:20). 1) The septenary festivals were … Easton's Bible Dictionary
imbrue — [ɪm bru:] verb (imbrues, imbruing, imbrued) archaic stain, especially with blood. Origin ME: from OFr. embruer bedaub , ult. of Gmc origin and related to broth … English new terms dictionary
imbrue — /ɪmˈbru/ (say im brooh) verb (t) (imbrued, imbruing) 1. Rare to wet in or with something that stains, now especially blood; stain with blood. –phrase 2. imbrue with, to permeate with; impregnate with: to imbrue a student with a particular… …
imbrue — [im bro͞o′] vt. imbrued, imbruing [ME enbrewen < OFr embreuver, to moisten < VL * imbiberare, for L imbibere: see IMBIBE] to wet, soak, or stain, esp. with blood … English World dictionary
