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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.
及物动词 vt.
1.使充满;灌输;深深影响
2.使渗透

Quotes:
Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings.
~Nancy Etcoff, Survival of the Prettiest
Along with the rest of us he would certainly applaud attempts to imbue the young with the spirit of fair play.
~John Bryant, "Football should heed the Corinthian spirit", Times (London), February 17, 2000
He wanted to remake American cinema into a positive force for good, to imbue it with a transcendent sense of virtue and order.
~Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood

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