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Synonyms for imbruing
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : im-broo |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈbrʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for imbruing Other synonyms for the word imbruing
- assimilate
- charge
- conceive
- damp
- duck
- dunk
- fecundate
- imbrue
- immerge
- immerse
- implant
- impregnate
- infiltrate
- infuse
- inoculate
- inseminate
- inundate
- leaven
- macerate
- marinate
- merge
- moisten
- overflow
- penetrate
- percolate
- permeate
- pervade
- pour
- pour into
- pour on
- procreate
- produce
- reproduce
- saturate
- seethe
- soak
- sodden
- soften
- sop
- souse
- steep
- submerge
- suffuse
- take in
- teem
- transfuse
- wash
- water
- waterlog
Définition of imbruing
Origin :- early 15c., "to soak, steep;" mid-15c., "to stain, soil," from Old French embreuvere "to moisten," a metathesis of embeuvrer, from em- (see im-) + -bevrer, ultimately from Latin bibere "to drink" (see imbibe). Or perhaps from Old French embroue "soiled," ultimately from boue "mud, dirt."
- As in impregnate : verb infuse, fill; make pregnant
- As in soak : verb drench, wet
- As in drench : verb wet thoroughly
- There will be disunion; and American citizens will become American enemies, imbruing their hands in each other's blood.
- Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- And as gentle means are so admirable, it would be as well to stop incision and imbruing between those two boys.
- Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith
- But you love justice, and you would shudder at the thought of imbruing your hands with innocent blood.
- Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
- But, though almost daily imbruing his hands in the blood of Bruin, Mik-hoo-tah had not become an impious or cruel-hearted man.
- Extract from : « The Swamp Doctor's Adventures in The South-West » by John Robb
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