I tried to imbue my children with a strong sense of justice.
•Her thinking and attitudes had been imbued with childhood fears.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
imbue someone with (something) — imbue (someone/something) with (something) to fill someone or something with a particular quality or feeling. Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors. They seemed more interested in enriching themselves than in imbuing people with the… … New idioms dictionary
imbue something with (something) — imbue (someone/something) with (something) to fill someone or something with a particular quality or feeling. Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors. They seemed more interested in enriching themselves than in imbuing people with the… … New idioms dictionary
imbue with (something) — imbue (someone/something) with (something) to fill someone or something with a particular quality or feeling. Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors. They seemed more interested in enriching themselves than in imbuing people with the… … New idioms dictionary
imbue with — phrasal verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms imbue with : present tense I/you/we/they imbue with he/she/it imbues with present participle imbuing with past tense imbued with past participle imbued with formal imbue someone/something with… … English dictionary
imbue with — im ˈbue with [transitive] often passive [present tense I/you/we/they imbue with he/she/it imbues with present participle imbuing with past tense … Useful english dictionary
imbue — im|bue [ ım bju ] verb im bue with phrasal verb transitive often passive FORMAL imbue someone/something with something to fill someone or something with a particular quality or emotion: His voice was imbued with a seriousness that Blanche had… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
imbue — im|bue [ımˈbju:] v imbue with [imbue sb/sth with sth] phr v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: imbuere to make wet, stain ] to make someone or something have a quality, idea, or emotion very strongly ▪ His philosophical writings are imbued with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
imbue — [[t]ɪmbju͟ː[/t]] imbues, imbuing, imbued VERB If someone or something is imbued with an idea, feeling, or quality, they become filled with it. [FORMAL] [be V ed with n] As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless… … English dictionary
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ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… … Universalium
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