imbue
verb
1 imbue
Spread or diffuse through.
synonyms: diffuse, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle.
Roget 428:
color,
dye,
tinge,
stain,
tint,
tinct†,
paint,
wash,
ingrain,
grain,
illuminate,
emblazon,
bedizen,
imbue;
paint
etc.
(fine art)
556.
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Roget 537:
teach,
instruct,
educate,
edify,
school,
tutor;
cram,
prime,
coach;
enlighten
etc.
(inform)
527.
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
inoculate,
infuse,
instill,
infix,
ingraft†,
infiltrate;
imbue,
impregnate,
implant;
graft,
sow the seeds of,
disseminate.
given an idea of;
put up to,
put in the way of;
set right.
sharpen the wits,
enlarge the mind;
give new ideas,
open the eyes,
bring forward,
teach the young idea how to shoot"
[Thomson];
improve
etc.
658.
expound
etc.
(interpret)
522;
lecture;
read a lesson,
give a lesson,
give a lecture,
give a sermon,
give a discourse;
incept†;
hold forth,
preach;
sermonize,
moralize;
point a moral.
train,
discipline;
bring up,
bring up to;
form,
ground,
prepare,
qualify;
drill,
exercise,
practice,
habituate,
familiarize with,
nurture,
drynurse†,
breed,
rear,
take in hand;
break,
break in;
tame;
preinstruct†;
initiate;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613.
put to nurse,
send to school.
direct,
guide;
direct attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
impress upon the mind,
impress upon the memory;
beat into,
beat into the head;
convince
etc.
(belief)
484.
[instructional materials]
book,
workbook,
exercise book.
[unnecessary teaching]
preach to the wise,
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs,
teach granny to suck eggs;
preach to the converted.
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Roget 41:
mix;
join
etc.
43;
combine
etc.
48;
commix,
immix†,
intermix;
mix up with,
mingle;
commingle,
intermingle,
bemingle†;
shuffle
etc.
(derange)
61;
pound together;
hash up,
stir up;
knead,
brew;
impregnate with;
interlard
etc.
(interpolate)
228;
intertwine,
interweave
etc.
219;
associate with;
miscegenate†.
be mixed
&c.;
get among,
be entangled with.
instill,
imbue;
infuse,
suffuse,
transfuse;
infiltrate,
dash,
tinge,
tincture,
season,
sprinkle,
besprinkle,
attemper†,
medicate,
blend,
cross;
alloy,
amalgamate,
compound,
adulterate,
sophisticate,
infect.
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Dutch: diffuus, doordringen
2 imbue
Fill, soak, or imbue totally.
synonym: soak.
Roget 300:
insert;
introduce,
intromit;
put into,
run into;
import;
inject;
interject
etc.
298;
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†
etc.
(make a hole)
260†.
imbed;
immerse,
immerge,
merge;
bathe,
soak
etc.
(water)
337;
dip,
plunge
etc.
310.
bury
etc.
(inter)
363.
insert itself,
lodge itself
&c.;
plunge in medias res.
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Roget 339:
moisten,
wet;
humect†,
humectate†;
sponge,
damp,
bedew;
imbue,
imbrue,
infiltrate,
saturate;
soak,
drench
etc.
(water)
337.
be moist
etc.
adj.;
not have a dry thread;
perspire
etc.
(exude)
295.
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Dutch: weken
3 imbue
Suffuse with color.
synonym: hue.
Moby thesaurus: animate, apply paint, bathe, beat into, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bespread, besprinkle, brainwash, breathe, brew, brush on paint, calcimine, catechize, coat, color, complexion, condition, cover, crawl with, creep with, dab, daub, decoct, deep-dye, diffuse, dip, distemper, double-dye, douche, dredge, drench, drouk, dye, emblazon, embue, enamel, engild, enliven, entincture, exhilarate, extend throughout, face, fast-dye, fill, fire, flavor, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, honeycomb, hue, illuminate, imbrue, implant, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infect, infiltrate, infix, inform, infuse, ingrain, inject, inoculate, inspire, inspirit, instill, invest, japan, lacquer, lave, lay on color, leach, leave no void, leaven, lixiviate, macerate, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, paint, parget, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, pigment, prime, program, rinse, run through, saturate, season, seethe, shade, shadow, shellac, slop on paint, smear, soak, sodden, sop, souse, spirit, spirit up, stain, steep, stipple, suffuse, swarm with, teem with, temper, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, transfuse, undercoat, varnish, wash, waterlog, whitewash ... show more.
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