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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
im·brue       [im-broo] Pronunciation Key
–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]

—Related forms
im·brue·ment, noun
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im·brue       (ĭm-brōō')  Pronunciation Key 
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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imbrue

verb
permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood" 

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Imbrue

Im*brue"\, 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.

While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. --Milton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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