imbrue

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: im=brue

CIDE DICTIONARY

imbrue, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

imbrue, v.tr. (foll. by in, with) literary stain (one's hand, sword, etc.).

Etymology

OF embruer bedabble (as IN-(2), breu ult. f. Gmc, rel. to BROTH)

THESAURUS

imbrue

bathe, besprinkle, breathe, brew, color, decoct, douche, dredge, drench, drouk, dye, entincture, flavor, flush, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, instill, lave, leach, leaven, lixiviate, macerate, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, rinse, saturate, season, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, temper, tincture, tinge, transfuse, wash, waterlog

ROGET THESAURUS

imbrue

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Moisture

VB moisten, wet, humect, humectate, sponge, damp, bedew, imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate, soak, drench, be moist, not have a dry thread, perspire.