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VERB (3)

1. spread or diffuse through;
- Example: "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"
- Example: "music penetrated the entire building"
- Example: "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
[syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle]

2. fill, soak, or imbue totally;
- Example: "soak the bandage with disinfectant"
[syn: soak, imbue]

3. suffuse with color;
[syn: imbue, hue]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imbue \Im*bue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbued; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbuing.] [L. imbuere; pref. im- in + perh. a disused simple word akin to L. bibere to drink. Cf. Imbibe.] 1. To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black. [1913 Webster] 2. To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles. [1913 Webster] Thy words with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

imbue v 1: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" [syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle] 2: fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" [syn: soak, imbue] 3: suffuse with color [syn: imbue, hue]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

132 Moby Thesaurus words for "imbue": 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