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Webster 1913 Edition
Imbrue
Im-brue′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Imbureed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imbureing
.] [Cf. OF.
embruer
, also embruver
, embreuver
, embrever
, to give to drink, soak (see pref. En-
, 1, 1st In-
, and Breverage
), but also OE. enbrewen
, enbrowen
, to stain, soil (cf. Brewis
).] To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.
While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots
imbrued
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imbrue
IMBRUE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench in a fluid, chiefly in blood. Whose arrows in my blood their wings imbrue.
Lucius pities the offenders,
That would imbrue their hands in Cato's blood.
2.
To pour out liquor.Definition 2024
imbrue
imbrue
English
Alternative forms
Verb
imbrue (third-person singular simple present imbrues, present participle imbruing, simple past and past participle imbrued)
- To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.).
- 1837: Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter ; A Story of Madrid, volume II, pages 275–276 (Richard Bentley)
- Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy himself, Imnaz sprang down the ladder, — found the door, and, emerging from the abode of crime, sought a more secure resting place, leaving his hostess to discover, with return of day, in whose blood were imbrued the hands of an hospiticide.
- 1837: Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter ; A Story of Madrid, volume II, pages 275–276 (Richard Bentley)