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Today's Word "imbue"

To instill profoundly on

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imbue \im-BYOO\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To tinge or dye deeply; to cause to absorb thoroughly; as, "clothes thoroughly imbued with black." 2 : To instill profoundly; to cause to become impressed or penetrated.

"...I propose to throw you into a cataleptic sleep, in order that, while you are in that condition, I may imbue you with an absolute faith in yourself..." -- Harry Collingwood, 'The Adventures of Dick Maitland'

 

Imbue comes from Latin imbuere, "to wet, to steep, to saturate."


 

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