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imbrue
[ im-broo ]
verb (used with object)
- to stain:
He refused to imbrue his hands with the blood of more killing.
- to impregnate or imbue (usually followed by with or in ):
They are imbrued with the follies of youth.
imbrue
/ ɪmˈbruː /
verb
- to stain, esp with blood
- to permeate or impregnate
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Derived Forms
- imˈbruement, noun
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Other Words From
- im·bruement noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of imbrue1
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Example Sentences
Then he charged me as an enemy to the King, that I endeavoured to raise a new war, and imbrue the nation in blood again.
But our young men are resolved to imbrue their hands in the blood of the whites.
I would sooner imbrue my hands in his blood, than that you should!
He told Burke that he wondered above all things how he could imbrue his hands in the blood of Daft Jamie.
He dared not accede to a motion, by which we were to continue for seven years to imbrue our hands in innocent blood.
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