Imbrue

//ɪmˈbɹuː// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’]. transitive

    "My hands were imbrued in his blood."

  2. 2
    permeate or impregnate wordnet

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bathebesprinklebreathebrewcolordecoct

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"My hands were imbrued in his blood."

Etymology

From Middle English embrewen, from Old French *embrever (whence Middle French embreuver), metathetic variant of embevrer (“to imbibe, steep, penetrate, soak”) (with same stem variation found in French abreuver and beuverie), from Vulgar Latin imbiberāre.

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