imbrue
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imbrue
- /ɪmˈbɹuː/
Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From Middle English embrewen, from Old French *embrever (whence Middle French embreuver), metathetic variant of embevrer (“to imbibe, steep, penetrate, soak”) (with same stem variation found in French abreuver and beuverie), from Vulgar Latin imbiberāre.
verb imbrues · imbruing · imbrued · embrue
- To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’]. My hands were imbrued in his blood.
