Definitions for imbue

imbue im·bue

Spelling: [im-byoo]
IPA: /ɪmˈbyu/

Imbue is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in imbue (beimu).

Definitions for imbue

verb (used with object)

  1. to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
  2. to saturate or impregnate with moisture, color, etc.
  3. to imbrue.

Origin of imbue

First recorded in 1545-55, imbue is from the Latin word imbuere to wet, drench

Examples for imbue

This thought should imbue a man of science with humility rather than with pride.

It does not imbue us with a sense of the mysterious like that of Egypt.

They had hoped for a younger man with more manifest energy and charisma to imbue the church with a new spirit.

I have never been able to imbue my poor boy with that part of his art.

By some subtle process she contrived to imbue the baby also with this idea.

And the use of reverberating metallic sound effects to imbue every other moment with sinister portent gets tedious after awhile.

They had never been able to imbue her with the superstition pertaining to the Godolphins.

“Unfortunately, the Jesuits failed to imbue me with the true Christian faith,” Castro told Frei Betto.

Now, way up high in the North Carolina mountains, a Land of Oz can imbue a little magic.

No warrior could have a wife or child to imbue him with any tender sentiment.

Word Value for imbue
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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