To inspire or permeate with a quality or feeling; to fill completely with a particular quality or emotion. To saturate something thoroughly with an attribute or characteristic.
From Latin 'imbuere' meaning 'to wet, soak, or stain,' from 'in-' (in) + root related to drinking. Originally described the physical process of soaking something in liquid, later extended to mean saturating with abstract qualities.
Think of 'imbue' as 'in-brew' — like brewing tea, where the water becomes completely infused with tea flavor. When you imbue something with a quality, that quality soaks through completely, like dye saturating fabric.
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