Antonyms for imbrue

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : im-broo

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈbrʊ

Definition of imbrue

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 tincture : noun coloring
As in impregnate : verb infuse, fill; make pregnant
As in soak : verb drench, wet
As in drench : verb wet thoroughly

Example sentences :

But Edward dared not imbrue his hands in the blood of great churchmen.
Extract from : « King Robert the Bruce » by A. F. Murison

But our young men are resolved to imbrue their hands in the blood of the whites.
Extract from : « The Fort Dearborn Massacre » by Linai Taliaferro Helm

There would be "a general unwillingness to imbrue their hands in the blood of their brethren."
Extract from : « Vermont » by Rowland E. Robinson

But could he imbrue his hand in the blood of his rival and then present it for acceptance?
Extract from : « The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 » by William A. Caruthers

Men generally do not specially desire to imbrue their hands in the blood of other men.
Extract from : « Life of Cicero » by Anthony Trollope

Why imbrue himself straightway with the blood of Violante and Pietro, who were not accomplices in the pretended dishonour?
Extract from : « The Old Yellow Book » by Anonymous

I will not imbrue my hands in his blood, but shall place him where he will never cross me more.
Extract from : « The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain » by William Carleton

What malady, or what tears, or what pity on earth is greater, than to imbrue one's hand in a mother's blood?
Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides

Thou wilt not be able, when thy children fall suppliant at thy feet, to imbrue thy savage hand in their wretched life-blood.
Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides

The strife seemed who should get there first, and imbrue his hands in blood.
Extract from : « Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Synonyms for imbrue

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