Synonyms for imbrue
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : im-broo  |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈbrʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for imbrue Other synonyms for the word imbrue
- assimilate
- cast
- charge
- color
- conceive
- damp
- duck
- dunk
- dye
- elixir
- extract
- fecundate
- imbrue
- imbue
- immerge
- immerse
- implant
- impregnate
- infiltrate
- infuse
- inoculate
- inseminate
- inundate
- leaven
- macerate
- marinate
- merge
- moisten
- overflow
- penetrate
- percolate
- permeate
- pervade
- pigment
- pour
- pour into
- pour on
- procreate
- produce
- reproduce
- saturate
- seethe
- shade
- soak
- sodden
- soften
- sop
- souse
- stain
- steep
- submerge
- suffuse
- taint
- take in
- teem
- tinge
- tint
- trace
- transfuse
- vestige
- wash
- water
- waterlog
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for imbrue
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