Imbue
To fill or saturate something with a particular quality, feeling, or idea; to inspire or influence deeply.
verbImbue
To fill or saturate something with a particular quality, feeling, or idea; to inspire or influence deeply.
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Imagine This
The president of the dye company who went into the vat to test the color of the dye and shouted, 'I'm blue!'
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Sounds Like
im-BYOU
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Looks Like
Visually resembles the base word 'imbue'; looks like the same spelling.
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Remember This
Imbue conveys a strong transfer of color or metaphorical quality. It often precedes the object with 'with' (imbue someone/something with a quality).
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Other Forms
imbuesverb
imbuingverb
imbuedadjective
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Connect With
infuse, permeate, pervade, saturate, inspire, instill
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Note
Imbue is transitive and takes a direct object with 'with' (imbue someone with courage). Do not confuse with 'imbibe' (to drink) or 'inbue' (obsolete).