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im⋅brue

[im-broo]
–verb (used with object), -brued, -bru⋅ing.
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.


Origin:
1400–50; late ME enbrewen < MF embreuver to cause to drink in, soak, drench < VL *imbiberāre, deriv. of L imbibere to imbibe


im⋅brue⋅ment, noun
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im·brue   (ĭm-brōō')   
tr.v.   im·brued also em·brued, im·bru·ing also em·bru·ing, im·brues also em·brues
  1. To saturate.

  2. To stain.


[Middle English embrewen, from Old French embreuver, from Vulgar Latin *imbiberāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Late Latin biber, beverage (from Latin bibere, to drink; see beverage).]
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