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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  tincture  deply;  to  cause  to  become  impressed  or 
  penetrated;  as  to  imbue  the  minds  of  youth  with  good 
  principles. 
 
  Thy  words  with  grace  divine  Imbued,  bring  to  their 
  sweetness  no  satiety.  --Milton. 




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